CVE-2005-1478 (GCVE-0-2005-1478)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2005-05-11 04:00 – Updated: 2024-08-07 21:51
VLAI
Summary
Format string vulnerability in dSMTP (dsmtp.exe) in DMail 3.1a allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via format string specifiers in the xtellmail command.
Severity
No CVSS data available.
CWE
  • n/a
Assigner
References
URL Tags
http://secunia.com/advisories/15242 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIA
http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=111531804617905&w=2 mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQ
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilit… vdb-entryx_refsource_XF
http://www.security.org.sg/vuln/dmail31a.html x_refsource_MISC
http://securitytracker.com/id?1013885 vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACK
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/13505 vdb-entryx_refsource_BID
Date Public
2005-05-05 00:00
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