CVE-2004-2727

MailEnable Professional 1.5-1.7 - Denial of Service via Long HTTP GET Request

Title source: llm
STIX 2.1

Exploitation Summary

EIP tracks 1 public exploit for CVE-2004-2727. PoCs published by Behrang Fouladi.

AI-analyzed exploit summary This is a technical writeup describing a remote heap buffer overflow in MailEnable Professional and Enterprise editions up to version 1.18. The vulnerability allows arbitrary code execution as SYSTEM by controlling EAX and ECX registers via a crafted HTTP GET request.

Description

Buffer overflow in MEHTTPS (HTTPMail) of MailEnable Professional 1.5 through 1.7 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) via a long HTTP GET request.

Exploits (1)

exploitdb WRITEUP VERIFIED
by Behrang Fouladi · textdoswindows
https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/24103

This is a technical writeup describing a remote heap buffer overflow in MailEnable Professional and Enterprise editions up to version 1.18. The vulnerability allows arbitrary code execution as SYSTEM by controlling EAX and ECX registers via a crafted HTTP GET request.

Classification
Writeup 80%
Attack Type
Rce
Complexity
Moderate
Reliability
Theoretical
Target: MailEnable Professional and Enterprise editions up to 1.18
No auth needed
Prerequisites: Network access to the MailEnable server · MailEnable Professional or Enterprise edition up to version 1.18
devstral-2 · analyzed Feb 16, 2026 Full analysis →

References (9)

Core 9
Core References
Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry vdb-entry x_refsource_osvdb
http://www.osvdb.org/6037
Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry vdb-entry x_refsource_xf
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/16115
Third Party Advisory vdb-entry x_refsource_vupen
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2005/0383
Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry vdb-entry x_refsource_osvdb
http://www.osvdb.org/6038
Patch, Vendor Advisory third-party-advisory x_refsource_secunia
http://secunia.com/advisories/11588
Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry vdb-entry x_refsource_xf
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/16114
Various Sources x_refsource_misc
http://www.hat-squad.com/en/000071.html
Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry vdb-entry x_refsource_sectrack
http://securitytracker.com/id?1010107
Exploit, Patch vdb-entry x_refsource_bid
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/10312

Scores

EPSS 0.0357
EPSS Percentile 87.9%

Details

CWE
CWE-119
Status published
Products (3)
mailenable/mailenable 1.5
mailenable/mailenable 1.6
mailenable/mailenable 1.7
Published Dec 31, 2004
Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026