CVE-2008-1690 describes a critical vulnerability affecting SLMail Pro versions 6.3.1.0 and earlier, specifically within its WebContainer.exe component. This flaw allows remote attackers to trigger a denial of service through memory corruption and daemon crashes, or potentially execute arbitrary code, by sending an overly long URI in HTTP requests to TCP port 801. The vulnerability carries a CVSS score of 10.0, indicating maximum severity. It is easily exploitable over the network with low attack complexity and no authentication required, leading to complete compromise of confidentiality, integrity, and availability. Its FAUCET Risk Score of 97/100 further emphasizes its critical nature. While not listed in CISA's KEV catalog, exploit code for denial of service and memory corruption is publicly available on ExploitDB. Despite its age and severity, there is minimal community discussion or media coverage surrounding this CVE, suggesting it has largely flown under the radar.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
<= 6.3.1.0CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:seattle_lab_software:slmail_pro:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 2.0
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
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The average CVE in this peer group has 0.1 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.
Remediation records are not available for this CVE.