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>> McAfee WebShield SMTP Bounce Messages Remote Format String Vulnerability
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Title : McAfee WebShield SMTP Bounce Messages Remote Format String Vulnerability
VUPEN ID : VUPEN/ADV-2006-1219
CVE ID : CVE-2006-0559
Rated as : Critical 
Remotely Exploitable : Yes
Locally Exploitable : Yes
Release Date : 2006-04-04
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A vulnerability has been identified in McAfee WebShield SMTP, which could be exploited by remote attackers to execute arbitrary commands. This flaw is due to a format string error when constructing bounce messages for non-existent domains, which could be exploited by unauthenticated remote attackers to crash or compromise a vulnerable system via a specially crafted original destination address.
Credits
Vulnerability reported by Ollie Whitehouse
ChangeLog
2006-04-04 : Initial release
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