CVE-2002-1862

SmartMail Server 2.0 - Denial of Service via Early Connection Termination

Title source: llm
STIX 2.1

Exploitation Summary

EIP tracks 1 public exploit for CVE-2002-1862. PoCs published by securma massine.

AI-analyzed exploit summary This Perl script exploits a denial-of-service vulnerability in SmartMail Server 2.0 by sending a specific string ('MASSINE') to the SMTP port (25) and abruptly closing the connection, causing the server to crash and require a restart.

Description

SmartMail Server 2.0 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) by sending data and closing the connection before all the data has been sent.

Exploits (1)

exploitdb WORKING POC VERIFIED
by securma massine · perldoswindows
https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/21972

This Perl script exploits a denial-of-service vulnerability in SmartMail Server 2.0 by sending a specific string ('MASSINE') to the SMTP port (25) and abruptly closing the connection, causing the server to crash and require a restart.

Classification
Working Poc 90%
Attack Type
Dos
Complexity
Trivial
Reliability
Reliable
Target: SmartMail Server 2.0 Interim Build 83
No auth needed
Prerequisites: Network access to the target SMTP port (25)
devstral-2 · analyzed Feb 16, 2026 Full analysis →

References (3)

Core 3
Core References
Third Party Advisory vdb-entry x_refsource_xf
http://www.iss.net/security_center/static/10533.php
Exploit, Vendor Advisory mailing-list x_refsource_bugtraq
http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/bugtraq/2002-10/0418.html
Exploit vdb-entry x_refsource_bid
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/6074

Scores

EPSS 0.0303
EPSS Percentile 85.7%

Details

Status published
Products (1)
virtualzone/smartmail_server 2.0
Published Dec 31, 2002
Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026