CVE-2003-0720

Pine < 4.58 - Remote Code Execution via Malformed MIME Type

Title source: llm

Exploitation Summary

EIP tracks 1 public exploit for CVE-2003-0720. PoCs published by sorbo.

AI-analyzed exploit summary This exploit targets a buffer overflow vulnerability in Pine <= 4.56, allowing remote code execution via a maliciously crafted email. It includes both standard shellcode and ret-to-libc methods for exploitation.

Description

Buffer overflow in PINE before 4.58 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a malformed message/external-body MIME type.

Exploits (1)

exploitdb WORKING POC VERIFIED

by sorbo · cremotelinux

https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/99

View Code ZIP pw:eip

This exploit targets a buffer overflow vulnerability in Pine <= 4.56, allowing remote code execution via a maliciously crafted email. It includes both standard shellcode and ret-to-libc methods for exploitation.

Classification

Working Poc 95%

Attack Type

Rce

Complexity

Moderate

Reliability

Reliable

Target: Pine <= 4.56

No auth needed

Prerequisites: Target must be running Pine <= 4.56 · Ability to send an email to the target

MITRE ATT&CK

T1059 - Command and Scripting Interpreter T1190 - Exploit Public-Facing Application

devstral-2 · analyzed Feb 16, 2026 Full analysis →

References (7)

Core 7

Core References

Vendor Advisory vendor-advisory x_refsource_redhat

http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2003-274.html

Third Party Advisory mailing-list x_refsource_vulnwatch

http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/vulnwatch/2003-q3/0099.html

Mailing List mailing-list x_refsource_bugtraq

http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=106329356702508&w=2

Patch, Vendor Advisory vendor-advisory x_refsource_redhat

http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2003-273.html

Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry vdb-entry signature x_refsource_oval

https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A499

Exploit, Patch, Vendor Advisory x_refsource_misc

http://www.idefense.com/advisory/09.10.03.txt

Mailing List mailing-list x_refsource_bugtraq

http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=106322571805153&w=2

Scores

EPSS 0.1258

EPSS Percentile 95.7%

Details

Status published

Products (13)

university_of_washington/pine 3.98

university_of_washington/pine 4.0.2

university_of_washington/pine 4.0.4

university_of_washington/pine 4.10

university_of_washington/pine 4.20

university_of_washington/pine 4.21

university_of_washington/pine 4.30

university_of_washington/pine 4.33

university_of_washington/pine 4.44

university_of_washington/pine 4.50

... and 3 more

Published Sep 17, 2003

Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026