CVE-2005-2661 EXPLOIT
7.5
HIGH · CVSS 2.0 · EPSS 12.1% (pctl 96)
Patch early
A public exploit exists.
Description
Format string vulnerability in the ParseBannerAndCapability function in main.c for up-imapproxy 1.2.3 and 1.2.4 allows remote IMAP servers to execute arbitrary code via format string specifiers in a banner or capability line.
Scoring
| CVSS | 7.5 (HIGH, v2.0) |
|---|---|
| Vector | AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P |
| EPSS | 12.11% — more likely to be exploited than 96% of all CVEs |
| On CISA KEV | no |
| Public exploit | yes |
| Published | 2005-10-14 |
| Last modified | 2026-06-16 |
Affected (1)
| Vendor | Product |
|---|---|
| up-imapproxy | up-imapproxy |
Public exploits
| Source | Title | Date |
|---|---|---|
| exploit-db | Up-IMAPProxy 1.2.3/1.2.4 - Multiple Unspecified Remote Format String Vulnerabilities | 2005-10-10 |
References
- http://secunia.com/advisories/17100/
- http://secunia.com/advisories/17120
- http://secunia.com/advisories/19113
- http://securityreason.com/securityalert/547
- http://www.debian.org/security/2005/dsa-852
- http://www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-200603-04.xml
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/15048
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2005/2014
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2005/2015
- http://secunia.com/advisories/17100/
- http://secunia.com/advisories/17120
- http://secunia.com/advisories/19113
- http://securityreason.com/securityalert/547
- http://www.debian.org/security/2005/dsa-852
- http://www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-200603-04.xml
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/15048
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2005/2014
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2005/2015
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