David Harris Mercury 32 4.5.2 memory corruption

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability marked as critical has been reported in David Harris Mercury 32 4.5.2. This issue affects some unknown processing. Performing a manipulation results in memory corruption. This vulnerability is cataloged as CVE-2007-5018. Furthermore, there is an exploit available.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability classified as critical has been found in David Harris Mercury 32 4.5.2. This affects an unknown code. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a memory corruption vulnerability. CWE is classifying the issue as CWE-119. The product performs operations on a memory buffer, but it can read from or write to a memory location that is outside of the intended boundary of the buffer. This is going to have an impact on confidentiality, integrity, and availability. The summary by CVE is:

Stack-based buffer overflow in IMAPD in Mercury/32 4.52 allows remote authenticated users to execute arbitrary code via a long argument in a SEARCH ON command. NOTE: this issue might overlap with CVE-2004-1211.

The bug was discovered 09/19/2007. The weakness was shared 09/19/2007 (Website). The advisory is shared at vupen.com. This vulnerability is uniquely identified as CVE-2007-5018 since 09/20/2007. It is possible to initiate the attack remotely. A authentication is needed for exploitation. Technical details are unknown but a public exploit is available.

A public exploit has been developed in Perl and been published even before and not after the advisory. The exploit is shared for download at securityfocus.com. It is declared as proof-of-concept. The vulnerability was handled as a non-public zero-day exploit for at least 1 days. During that time the estimated underground price was around $0-$5k. The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 26067 (Mercury IMAP Server SEARCH Command Remote Buffer Overflow), which helps to determine the existence of the flaw in a target environment. It is assigned to the family Gain a shell remotely and running in the context r. The commercial vulnerability scanner Qualys is able to test this issue with plugin 74229 (Mercury/32 IMAPD SEARCH Command Remote Stack Buffer Overflow Vulnerability).

There is no information about possible countermeasures known. It may be suggested to replace the affected object with an alternative product.

The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at Exploit-DB (4429), Tenable (26067), SecurityFocus (BID 25733†), OSVDB (39670†) and Secunia (SA26878†). Several companies clearly confirm that VulDB is the primary source for best vulnerability data.

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Class: Memory corruption
CWE: CWE-119
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Nessus ID: 26067
Nessus Name: Mercury IMAP Server SEARCH Command Remote Buffer Overflow
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Sourcesinfo

Advisory: vupen.com⛔
Status: Not defined

CVE: CVE-2007-5018 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2007-5018
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-38889
SecurityFocus: 25733 - Mercury/32 IMAPD SEARCH Command Remote Stack Buffer Overflow Vulnerability
Secunia: 26878
OSVDB: 39670 - Mercury Mail Transport System IMAPD SEARCH Command Remote Overflow
SecurityTracker: 1018714
Vulnerability Center: 16108 - Mercury Mail Server Buffer Overflow in IMAPD Allows Remote Code Execution and DoS, High
Vupen: ADV-2007-3224

scip Labs: https://www.scip.ch/en/?labs.20161013

Entryinfo

Created: 03/16/2015 12:18
Updated: 06/04/2025 16:03
Changes: 03/16/2015 12:18 (77), 07/26/2019 08:24 (2), 10/07/2024 05:58 (19), 06/04/2025 16:03 (4)
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Cache ID: 216::103

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