CVE-2008-3727

MicroWorld Technologies MailScan <5.6.a - Path Traversal

Title source: llm

Exploitation Summary

EIP tracks 1 public exploit for CVE-2008-3727. PoCs published by SlaYeR.

AI-analyzed exploit summary This exploit targets a directory traversal vulnerability in Microworld MailScan 5.6.a to access the MAILSCAN.INI file, revealing admin credentials and decoding a weakly hashed password. It uses WinINet API to craft HTTP requests and retrieve sensitive data.

Description

Directory traversal vulnerability in Web Based Administration in MicroWorld Technologies MailScan 5.6.a espatch 1 allows remote attackers to read arbitrary files via a .. (dot dot) in the URI.

Exploits (1)

exploitdb WORKING POC VERIFIED

by SlaYeR · cremotewindows

https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/6407

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This exploit targets a directory traversal vulnerability in Microworld MailScan 5.6.a to access the MAILSCAN.INI file, revealing admin credentials and decoding a weakly hashed password. It uses WinINet API to craft HTTP requests and retrieve sensitive data.

Classification

Working Poc 95%

Attack Type

Info Leak

Complexity

Moderate

Reliability

Reliable

Target: Microworld MailScan 5.6.a with espatch1

No auth needed

Prerequisites: Network access to the target MailScan server · MailScan 5.6.a with espatch1 running on a Win32 platform

MITRE ATT&CK