CVE-2008-1054

NetWin SurgeMail <= 38k4 - Stack-Based Buffer Overflow via Long HTTP Headers

Title source: llm
STIX 2.1

Exploitation Summary

EIP tracks 1 public exploit for CVE-2008-1054. PoCs published by Luigi Auriemma.

AI-analyzed exploit summary The provided text describes a remote buffer-overflow vulnerability in SurgeMail 38k4 and prior versions, allowing arbitrary code execution. However, the actual exploit code is not included in the text; only a reference to a binary exploit is provided.

Description

Stack-based buffer overflow in the _lib_spawn_user_getpid function in (1) swatch.exe and (2) surgemail.exe in NetWin SurgeMail 38k4 and earlier, and beta 39a, allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (daemon crash) and possibly execute arbitrary code via an HTTP request with multiple long headers to webmail.exe and unspecified other CGI executables, which triggers an overflow when assigning values to environment variables. NOTE: some of these details are obtained from third party information.

Exploits (1)

exploitdb WRITEUP VERIFIED
by Luigi Auriemma · textdoswindows
https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/31301

The provided text describes a remote buffer-overflow vulnerability in SurgeMail 38k4 and prior versions, allowing arbitrary code execution. However, the actual exploit code is not included in the text; only a reference to a binary exploit is provided.

Classification
Writeup 90%
Attack Type
Rce
Complexity
Moderate
Reliability
Theoretical
Target: SurgeMail 38k4 and prior versions
No auth needed
Prerequisites: Network access to the vulnerable SurgeMail service
mistral-large-3 · analyzed Feb 16, 2026 Full analysis →

References (8)

Core 8
Core References
Third Party Advisory third-party-advisory x_refsource_sreason
http://securityreason.com/securityalert/3705
Vendor Advisory third-party-advisory x_refsource_secunia
http://secunia.com/advisories/29105
Third Party Advisory vdb-entry x_refsource_vupen
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/0678
Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry vdb-entry x_refsource_sectrack
http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1019500
Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry mailing-list x_refsource_bugtraq
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/488741/100/0/threaded
Exploit vdb-entry x_refsource_bid
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/27992
Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry vdb-entry x_refsource_xf
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/40834

Scores

EPSS 0.0736
EPSS Percentile 93.7%

Details

CWE
CWE-119
Status published
Products (27)
netwin/surgemail 1.8a
netwin/surgemail 1.8b3
netwin/surgemail 1.8d
netwin/surgemail 1.8e
netwin/surgemail 1.8g3
netwin/surgemail 1.9
netwin/surgemail 1.9b2
netwin/surgemail 2.0a2
netwin/surgemail 2.0c
netwin/surgemail 2.0e
... and 17 more
Published Feb 27, 2008
Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026