Alt-N MDaemon File Creation Local Privilege Escalation

high Nessus Network Monitor Plugin ID 2430

Synopsis

The remote host is vulnerable to a local buffer overflow.

Description

The remote host is running ALT-N MDaemon, a mail server for Microsft Windows. There is a local privilege escalation vulnerability in the remote version of this software that may allow a local attacker to execute arbitrary code on the remote host with the SYSTEM privileges.

Solution

No solution is known at this time.

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 2430

Family: SMTP Servers

Published: 11/23/2004

Updated: 3/6/2019

Nessus ID: 15823

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 6.7

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.2

Temporal Score: 7.2

Vector: CVSS2#AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 8.4

Temporal Score: 8.4

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Temporal Vector: CVSS:3.0/E:H/RL:U/RC:X

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:/a:alt-n:mdaemon

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2004-2504

BID: 11736