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CVE-2008-7182

Published: Sep 8, 2009Updated: Apr 23, 2026 Sources: CVE List NVDCWE-119
4.0MEDIUM
NVD MITRE
EPSS Score
24.3%
Top 2.3%
CISA KEV
Not in KEV
Exploits
2 Known
Remediation
Patch Available
Self-Check
OpenVAS

Description

Buffer overflow in the IMAP service in NetWin Surgemail 3.9e, and possibly other versions before 3.9g2, allows remote authenticated users to cause a denial of service (crash) and possibly execute arbitrary code via a long first argument to the APPEND command, a different vector than CVE-2008-1497 and CVE-2008-1498. NOTE: due to lack of details, it is not certain whether this is the same issue as CVE-2008-2859.

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CVSS Vector Breakdown

AV:NAC:LAu:SC:NI:NA:P
Exploitability
AV:NAccess Vector
Network
AC:LAccess Complexity
Low
Au:SAuthentication
Single
Impact
C:NConfidentiality
None
I:NIntegrity
None
A:PAvailability
Partial
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Weaknesses

CWE-119

Affected Products

netwin
commercialaka surgemail, surgeftp, dmail
surgemail
Communications
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Exploitability

2 exploit sources identified

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MITRE ATT&CK

2 techniques
Initial Access
Privilege Escalation
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References

http://www.netwinsite.com/surgemail/help/updates.htm
netwinsite.com
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/496482
securityfocus.com
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/30000
securityfocus.com
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