Title : Eudora Qualcomm WorldMail Remote Buffer Overflow Vulnerability VUPEN ID : VUPEN/ADV-2005-3005 CVE ID : CVE-2005-4267
Rated as : Critical
Remotely Exploitable : Yes Locally Exploitable : Yes Release Date : 2005-12-20
Technical Description
A vulnerability has been identified in Eudora Qualcomm WorldMail, which could be exploited by remote attackers to execute arbitrary commands. This flaw is due to a buffer overflow error when processing overly long IMAP commands (e.g. AUTHENTICATE or LIST) ending with the "}" character, which could be exploited by remote unauthenticated attackers to compromise a vulnerable system and execute arbitrary commands with SYSTEM privileges.
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