CAPEC 42 MIME Conversion

Draft Detailed High Risk
Severity High

Description

An attacker exploits a weakness in the MIME conversion routine to cause a buffer overflow and gain control over the mail server machine. The MIME system is designed to allow various different information formats to be interpreted and sent via e-mail. Attack points exist when data are converted to MIME compatible format and back.

Attack Execution Flow

5

Mitigations

4

Consequences

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