A vulnerability has been identified in Qualcomm Eudora WorldMail Server, which may be exploited by attackers to retrieve arbitrary files from a vulnerable system. This flaw is due to an input validation error in the IMAP daemon that does not properly handle specially crafted commands containing directory traversal sequences, which may be exploited by authenticated attackers to retrieve arbitrary files from a vulnerable system or read/manage other user's email messages.
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Vulnerability reported by iDEFENSE
ChangeLog
2005-11-17 : Initial release
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