MDaemon FORM2RAW.exe script From field buffer overflow

mdaemon-form2raw-from-bo (14097) The risk level is classified as HighHigh Risk

Description:

MDaemon is vulnerable to a stack-based buffer overflow. By default, the FORM2RAW.exe CGI script listens on TCP port 3000. A remote attacker could create a specially-crafted message to FROM2Raw.exe containing more than 153 bytes in the "From" field to overflow a buffer and possibly execute arbitrary code on the system.


Consequences:

Gain Access

Remedy:

No remedy available as of February 6, 2010.

References:

Platforms Affected:

  • Alt-N MDaemon 6.52 - 6.85
  • Microsoft Windows 2003 Server

Reported:

Dec 29, 2003

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