Plugin ID | 85 |
Plugin name | Mercur Mailserver 3.2 directory traversal |
Plugin filename | Mercur Mailserver 3.2 directory traversal.plugin |
Plugin filesize | 2513 bytes |
Plugin family | SMTP |
Plugin created name | Marc Ruef |
Plugin created email | marc dot ruef at computec dot ch |
Plugin created web | http://www.computec.ch |
Plugin created company | computec.ch |
Plugin created date | 2004/03/23 |
Plugin updated name | Marc Ruef |
Plugin updated email | marc dot ruef at computec dot ch |
Plugin updated web | http://www.computec.ch |
Plugin updated company | computec.ch |
Plugin updated date | 2004/11/13 |
Plugin version | 1.2 |
Plugin changelog | Corrected the plugin structure and added the accuracy values in 1.2 |
Plugin protocol | tcp |
Plugin port | 25 |
Plugin procedure detection | open|sleep|close|pattern_exists 220 *MERCUR SMTP-Server (3.2* |
Plugin detection accuracy | 80 |
Plugin comment | This plugin was written with the ATK Attack Editor. |
Bug affected | Mercur SMTP-Server 3.2 |
Bug not affected | Mercur SMTP-Server 3.3 and newer |
Bug vulnerability class | Evasion |
Bug description | The Mercur Mailserver is a small Mail Transfer Agent (MTA). There were a directory traversal vulnerability posted. Any email message in a known mailbox of a known user can be read by remote users through path definitions as like /../../directory. To exploit this vulnerability is a successfull mailserver login required. |
Bug solution | This issue seems to be resolved in newer versions of Mercur Mailserver. Please update to the latest version. |
Bug fixing time | 1 hour |
Bug exploit availability | Yes |
Bug remote | Yes |
Bug local | Yes |
Bug severity | High |
Bug popularity | 7 |
Bug simplicity | 7 |
Bug impact | 8 |
Bug risk | 7 |
Source Literature | Hacking Exposed: Network Security Secrets & Solutions, Stuart McClure, Joel Scambray and George Kurtz, February 25, 2003, 4th Edition, McGraw-Hill Osborne Media, ISBN 0072227427 |
Source Misc. | http://www.computec.ch |