MailEnable IMAP Server Multiple Buffer Overflow Vulnerabilities (ME-10025) - Nessus

Critical Plugin ID: 23783

This page contains detailed information about the MailEnable IMAP Server Multiple Buffer Overflow Vulnerabilities (ME-10025) Nessus plugin including available exploits and PoCs found on GitHub, in Metasploit or Exploit-DB for verifying of this vulnerability.

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Plugin Overview
Vulnerability Information

Synopsis
Description
Solution

Public Exploits
Risk Information
Plugin Source
How to Run
References
Version

Plugin Overview

ID: 23783
Name: MailEnable IMAP Server Multiple Buffer Overflow Vulnerabilities (ME-10025)
Filename: mailenable_me_10025.nasl
Vulnerability Published: 2006-12-08
This Plugin Published: 2006-12-10
Last Modification Time: 2018-07-14
Plugin Version: 1.16
Plugin Type: local
Plugin Family: Windows
Dependencies: mailenable_detect.nasl
Required KB Items [?]: SMB/MailEnable/Installed

Vulnerability Information

Severity: Critical
Vulnerability Published: 2006-12-08
Patch Published: 2006-12-08
CVE [?]: CVE-2006-6423, CVE-2006-6484
CPE [?]: cpe:/a:mailenable:mailenable

Synopsis

The remote IMAP server is affected by multiple buffer overflows.

Description

The IMAP server bundled with the version of MailEnable installed on the remote host reportedly is affected by multiple and as yet unspecified buffer overflows.

Note that it is not currently known whether the issues listed in ME-10023 and ME-10025 require authentication or not, but successful exploitation will allow an attacker to crash the service service or to execute arbitrary code with LOCAL SYSTEM privileges.

Solution

Apply Hotfix ME-10025.

Public Exploits

Target Network Port(s): 139, 445
Target Asset(s): N/A
Exploit Available: True (Metasploit Framework, Exploit-DB)
Exploit Ease: Exploits are available

Here's the list of publicly known exploits and PoCs for verifying the MailEnable IMAP Server Multiple Buffer Overflow Vulnerabilities (ME-10025) vulnerability:

Metasploit: exploit/windows/imap/mailenable_login
[MailEnable IMAPD (2.34/2.35) Login Request Buffer Overflow]
Exploit-DB: exploits/windows/remote/16475.rb
[EDB-16475: MailEnable IMAPD Professional (2.35) - Login Request Buffer Overflow (Metasploit)]

Before running any exploit against any system, make sure you are authorized by the owner of the target system(s) to perform such activity. In any other case, this would be considered as an illegal activity.

WARNING: Beware of using unverified exploits from sources such as GitHub or Exploit-DB. These exploits and PoCs could contain malware. For more information, see how to use exploits safely.

Risk Information

CVSS V2 Vector [?]: AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C/E:F/RL:OF/RC:C

CVSS Base Score:	10.0 (High)
Impact Subscore:	10.0
Exploitability Subscore:	10.0
CVSS Temporal Score:	8.3 (High)
CVSS Environmental Score:	NA (None)
Modified Impact Subscore:	NA
Overall CVSS Score:	8.3 (High)

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Plugin Source

#
# (C) Tenable Network Security, Inc.
#

include("compat.inc");

if (description)
{
  script_id(23783);
  script_version("1.16");
  script_cvs_date("Date: 2018/07/14  1:59:37");

  script_cve_id("CVE-2006-6423", "CVE-2006-6484");
  script_bugtraq_id(21492, 21493);

  script_name(english:"MailEnable IMAP Server Multiple Buffer Overflow Vulnerabilities (ME-10025)");
  script_summary(english:"Checks version of MailEnable's MEIMAPS.exe");

  script_set_attribute(attribute:"synopsis", value:
"The remote IMAP server is affected by multiple buffer overflows." );
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"description", value:
"The IMAP server bundled with the version of MailEnable installed on
the remote host reportedly is affected by multiple and as yet
unspecified buffer overflows. 

Note that it is not currently known whether the issues listed in
ME-10023 and ME-10025 require authentication or not, but successful
exploitation will allow an attacker to crash the service service or to
execute arbitrary code with LOCAL SYSTEM privileges." );
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"see_also", value:"http://www.mailenable.com/hotfix/" );
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"solution", value:
"Apply Hotfix ME-10025." );
  script_set_cvss_base_vector("CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C");
  script_set_cvss_temporal_vector("CVSS2#E:F/RL:OF/RC:C");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"exploitability_ease", value:"Exploits are available");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"exploit_available", value:"true");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"metasploit_name", value:'MailEnable IMAPD (2.34/2.35) Login Request Buffer Overflow');
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"exploit_framework_metasploit", value:"true");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_publication_date", value: "2006/12/10");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"patch_publication_date", value: "2006/12/08");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"vuln_publication_date", value: "2006/12/08");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_type", value:"local");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"cpe:/a:mailenable:mailenable");
  script_end_attributes();

  script_category(ACT_GATHER_INFO);
  script_family(english:"Windows");
  script_copyright(english:"This script is Copyright (C) 2006-2018 Tenable Network Security, Inc.");
  script_dependencies("mailenable_detect.nasl");
  script_require_keys("SMB/MailEnable/Installed");
  script_require_ports(139, 445);

  exit(0);
}


include("misc_func.inc");


if (!get_kb_item("SMB/MailEnable/Installed")) exit(0);
if (get_kb_item("SMB/MailEnable/Standard")) prod = "Standard";
if (get_kb_item("SMB/MailEnable/Professional")) prod = "Professional";
else if (get_kb_item("SMB/MailEnable/Enterprise")) prod = "Enterprise";


# Check version of MEIMAPS.exe.
if (prod == "Professional" || prod == "Enterprise")
{
  kb_base = "SMB/MailEnable/" + prod;
  ver = read_version_in_kb(kb_base+"/MEIMAPS/Version");
  if (isnull(ver)) exit(0);

  # nb: file version for MEIMAPS.exe from ME-10025 is 1.0.0.28.
  if (
    ver[0] == 0 ||
    (ver[0] == 1 && ver[1] == 0 && ver[2] == 0 && ver[3] < 28)
  )
  {
    # Let's make sure the product's version number agrees with what's reportedly affected.
    # nb: MailEnable version numbers are screwy!
    ver2 = get_kb_item(kb_base+"/Version");
    if (isnull(ver2)) exit(0);

    if (
      # 1.6-1.84 Professional Edition
      # 2.0-2.35 Professional Edition
      (prod == "Professional" && ver2 =~ "^(1\.([67]($|[0-9.])|8$|8[0-4])|2\.([0-2]($|[0-9.])|3($|[0-5])))") ||
      # 1.1-1.41 Enterprise Edition
      # 2.0-2.35 Enterprise Edition
      (prod == "Enterprise" && ver2 =~ "^(1\.([1-3]($|[0-9].)|4$|4[01])|2\.([0-2]($|[0-9.])|3($|[0-5])))")
    ) security_hole(get_kb_item("SMB/transport"));
  }
}

The latest version of this script can be found in these locations depending on your platform:

Linux / Unix:
/opt/nessus/lib/nessus/plugins/mailenable_me_10025.nasl
Windows:
C:\ProgramData\Tenable\Nessus\nessus\plugins\mailenable_me_10025.nasl
Mac OS X:
/Library/Nessus/run/lib/nessus/plugins/mailenable_me_10025.nasl

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How to Run

Here is how to run the MailEnable IMAP Server Multiple Buffer Overflow Vulnerabilities (ME-10025) as a standalone plugin via the Nessus web user interface (https://localhost:8834/):

Click to start a New Scan.
Select Advanced Scan.
Navigate to the Plugins tab.
On the top right corner click to Disable All plugins.
On the left side table select Windows plugin family.
On the right side table select MailEnable IMAP Server Multiple Buffer Overflow Vulnerabilities (ME-10025) plugin ID 23783.
Specify the target on the Settings tab and click to Save the scan.
Run the scan.

Here are a few examples of how to run the plugin in the command line. Note that the examples below demonstrate the usage on the Linux / Unix platform.

Basic usage:

/opt/nessus/bin/nasl mailenable_me_10025.nasl -t <IP/HOST>

Run the plugin with audit trail message on the console:

/opt/nessus/bin/nasl -a mailenable_me_10025.nasl -t <IP/HOST>

Run the plugin with trace script execution written to the console (useful for debugging):

/opt/nessus/bin/nasl -T - mailenable_me_10025.nasl -t <IP/HOST>

Run the plugin with using a state file for the target and updating it (useful for running multiple plugins on the target):

/opt/nessus/bin/nasl -K /tmp/state mailenable_me_10025.nasl -t <IP/HOST>

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References

BID | SecurityFocus Bugtraq ID:

21492, 21493

See also:

Similar and related Nessus plugins:

19783 - MailEnable IMAP Server W3C Logging Overflow
19193 - MailEnable IMAP STATUS Command Remote Overflow
17974 - MailEnable IMAP / SMTP Multiple Remote Vulnerabilities
59569 - MailEnable ForgottenPassword.aspx Username Parameter XSS
18123 - MailEnable HTTPMail Service Authorization Header Remote Overflow

Version

This page has been produced using Nessus Professional 10.1.2 (#68) LINUX, Plugin set 202205072148.
Plugin file mailenable_me_10025.nasl version 1.16. For more plugins, visit the Nessus Plugin Library.

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MailEnable IMAP Server Multiple Buffer Overflow Vulnerabilities (ME-10025) - Nessus

Plugin Overview

Vulnerability Information

Synopsis

Description

Solution

Public Exploits

Risk Information

Plugin Source

How to Run

References

Version

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