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CVE-2008-1055

Published: Feb 27, 2008Updated: Apr 23, 2026 Sources: CVE List NVDCWE-134
NVD MITRE
7.5CVSSHIGH
EPSS Score
7.9%
Top 6.0%
CISA KEV
Not in KEV
Exploits
No Known Exploits
Remediation
Patch Available

Description

Format string vulnerability in webmail.exe in NetWin SurgeMail 38k4 and earlier and beta 39a, and WebMail 3.1s and earlier, allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (daemon crash) and possibly execute arbitrary code via format string specifiers in the page parameter.

CVSS Vector Breakdown

AV:NAC:LAu:NC:PI:PA:P
Exploitability
AV:NAccess Vector
Network
AC:LAccess Complexity
Low
Au:NAuthentication
None
Impact
C:PConfidentiality
Partial
I:PIntegrity
Partial
A:PAvailability
Partial
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Weaknesses

CWE-134

Affected Products

n/an/a
surgemailnetwin
Mixed
Communications / email-server-client
webmailnetwin
Mixed
Communications / email-server-client
netwincommercialCommunicationsaka surgemail, surgeftp, dmail

Attack Graph

Products CVE Techniques Tactics

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Exploitability

Official Patch Available

MITRE ATT&CK

1 technique
Execution
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References

http://securityreason.com/securityalert/3705
securityreason.com
http://aluigi.altervista.org/adv/surgemailz-adv.txt
aluigi.altervista.org
http://secunia.com/advisories/29137
secunia.com
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Timeline

Published
Feb 27, 2008
Last Updated
Apr 23, 2026

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