| 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 |