9.3 High
CVSS2
Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
MEDIUM
Authentication
NONE
Confidentiality Impact
COMPLETE
Integrity Impact
COMPLETE
Availability Impact
COMPLETE
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
7.2 High
AI Score
Confidence
Low
0.326 Low
EPSS
Percentile
97.0%
FoxMail Client is prone to a buffer overflow vulnerability.
# SPDX-FileCopyrightText: 2009 Greenbone AG
# Some text descriptions might be excerpted from (a) referenced
# source(s), and are Copyright (C) by the respective right holder(s).
#
# SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0-only
if(description)
{
script_oid("1.3.6.1.4.1.25623.1.0.800220");
script_version("2023-07-27T05:05:08+0000");
script_tag(name:"last_modification", value:"2023-07-27 05:05:08 +0000 (Thu, 27 Jul 2023)");
script_tag(name:"creation_date", value:"2009-01-08 14:06:04 +0100 (Thu, 08 Jan 2009)");
script_tag(name:"cvss_base", value:"9.3");
script_tag(name:"cvss_base_vector", value:"AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C");
script_cve_id("CVE-2008-5839");
script_name("FoxMail Client Buffer Overflow vulnerability");
script_xref(name:"URL", value:"http://www.sebug.net/exploit/4681");
script_xref(name:"URL", value:"http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/31294");
script_xref(name:"URL", value:"http://xforce.iss.net/xforce/xfdb/45343");
script_category(ACT_GATHER_INFO);
script_tag(name:"qod_type", value:"registry");
script_copyright("Copyright (C) 2009 Greenbone AG");
script_family("Buffer overflow");
script_dependencies("gb_foxmail_detect.nasl");
script_mandatory_keys("Foxmail/Win/Ver");
script_tag(name:"impact", value:"Successful exploitation will allow attacker to insert a long crafted
URI in the MAILTO field and can cause a stack overflow to the application.");
script_tag(name:"affected", value:"Foxmail version 6.5 or prior on Windows.");
script_tag(name:"insight", value:"This flaw is due to lack of sanitization and boundary check in the user
supplied data which can be exploited by adding a long URL length in the
HREF attribute of an A element.");
script_tag(name:"solution", value:"No known solution was made available for at least one year since the disclosure of this vulnerability.
Likely none will be provided anymore.
General solution options are to upgrade to a newer release, disable respective features, remove the product or replace the product by another one.");
script_tag(name:"summary", value:"FoxMail Client is prone to a buffer overflow vulnerability.");
script_tag(name:"solution_type", value:"WillNotFix");
exit(0);
}
CPE = "cpe:/a:tencent:foxmail";
include("host_details.inc");
include("version_func.inc");
if(!version = get_app_version(cpe:CPE)) exit(0);
if(version_is_less_equal(version:version, test_version:"6.5")){
report = report_fixed_ver(installed_version:version, fixed_version:"6.5");
security_message(data:report, port:0);
exit(0);
}
exit(99);