{"id":"CVE-2005-4402","url":"https://www.cyber-defence.io/tools/cve/CVE-2005-4402","generatedAt":"2026-10-27T17:30:15.423Z","title":"Buffer overflow in MailEnable Professional 1.71 and earlier, and Enterprise 1.1 and earlier, allows remote authenticated users to execute arbitrary code via a long IMAP EXAMINE command.","description":"Buffer overflow in MailEnable Professional 1.71 and earlier, and Enterprise 1.1 and earlier, allows remote authenticated users to execute arbitrary code via a long IMAP EXAMINE command.","published":"2005-12-20T11:03:00.000Z","lastModified":"2026-06-16T22:18:44.000Z","status":"Modified","sourceIdentifier":"cve@mitre.org","cvss":{"version":"2.0","score":6.5,"severity":"MEDIUM","vector":"AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:P/I:P/A:P"},"cwe":[],"affected":["mailenable/mailenable enterprise","mailenable/mailenable professional"],"epss":{"score":0.04337,"percentile":0.91134,"date":"2026-10-26","history":[]},"kev":{"listed":false},"exploits":{"count":1,"verified":true,"firstPublished":"2005-12-19","source":"Exploit-DB (https://gitlab.com/exploit-database/exploitdb)","entries":[{"edbId":1378,"kind":"exploit","title":"MailEnable Enterprise Edition 1.1 - 'EXAMINE' Remote Buffer Overflow","url":"https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/1378","sourceUrl":"https://gitlab.com/exploit-database/exploitdb/-/blob/main/exploits/windows/remote/1378.py","file":"exploits/windows/remote/1378.py","published":"2005-12-19","added":"2005-12-18","updated":"2017-05-25","author":"muts","type":"remote","platform":"windows","port":null,"verified":true,"codes":["OSVDB-22007","CVE-2005-4456","CVE-2005-4402"],"tags":null,"aliases":null,"applicationUrl":null,"screenshotUrl":null,"referenceUrl":null}]},"verdict":{"level":"high","text":"A public exploit is published in Exploit-DB (verified), so the technical barrier is gone even though the severity is medium and EPSS is 4.3%. Treat it as high on anything reachable from the internet."},"changes":[],"references":[{"url":"http://marc.info/?l=full-disclosure&m=113502692010867&w=2","source":"cve@mitre.org"},{"url":"http://securitytracker.com/alerts/2005/Dec/1015378.html","source":"cve@mitre.org"},{"url":"http://www.mailenable.com/hotfix/","tags":["Patch"],"source":"cve@mitre.org"},{"url":"http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2005/2988","source":"cve@mitre.org"},{"url":"http://marc.info/?l=full-disclosure&m=113502692010867&w=2","source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"http://securitytracker.com/alerts/2005/Dec/1015378.html","source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"http://www.mailenable.com/hotfix/","tags":["Patch"],"source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2005/2988","source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"}],"sources":{"nvd":"https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2005-4402","epss":"https://www.first.org/epss/","kev":"https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog","exploitdb":"https://www.exploit-db.com/"},"licence":"CC BY 4.0 — link back to the CVE Explorer if you publish the results; upstream data remains subject to its own terms."}