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critical 10.0

CVE-2007-1373 in the critical feed json

Stack-based buffer overflow in Mercury/32 (aka Mercury Mail Transport System) 4.01b and earlier allows remote attackers to execute arbitrar…

published 2007-03-10 19 y ago modified 2026-06-16 4 mo ago also EUVD-2007-1369

cvss
10.0
version 2.0, NVD
cisa kev
Not listed
not in CISA's catalog
epss
60.2%
EPSS 60.2% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 99.1%
public exploits
4
Metasploit, Exploit-DB

Summary

Stack-based buffer overflow in Mercury/32 (aka Mercury Mail Transport System) 4.01b and earlier allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a long LOGIN command. NOTE: this might be the same issue as CVE-2006-5961.

Timeline

  1. First public exploit (EDB-1223)
  2. Published

Exploit prediction

60.23% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 99.1% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-08).

Exploits and checks

  • Metasploit exploit/windows/imap/mercury_login Mercury/32 4.01 IMAP LOGIN SEH Buffer Overflow metasploit exploit, normal rank, 2007-03-06
  • EDB-16473 Mercury/32 Mail Server < 4.01b - LOGIN Buffer Overflow (Metasploit) remote, 2010-06-22
  • EDB-3418 Mercury/32 Mail Server 4.01b - 'check' Buffer Overflow (PoC) dos, 2007-03-06
  • EDB-1223 Mercury/32 Mail Server 4.01a (Pegasus) - IMAP Buffer Overflow remote, 2005-09-20
  • lists.grok.org.uk http://lists.grok.org.uk/pipermail/full-disclosure/2007-March/052802.html referenced PoC, tagged "exploit" by a source, unverified

CVSS scores

assigned by version score vector
NVD 2.0 10.0 AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

References

Sources

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