# CVE-2004-2572: AMAX Magic Winmail Server 3.6 allows remote attackers to obtain sensitive information by entering (1) invalid characters such as "()" or (2)

- Severity: no CVSS score reported
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Published: 2005-11-22 · Updated: 2024-08-08

## Affected

- n/a: version range not reported

## Description

AMAX Magic Winmail Server 3.6 allows remote attackers to obtain sensitive information by entering (1) invalid characters such as "()" or (2) a large number of characters in the Lookup field on the netaddressbook.php web form, which reveals the path in an ldaplib.php error message when the ldap_search function fails, due to improper processing of the $keyword variable.

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## References

- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/15361
- http://www.osvdb.org/4118
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/9786
- http://secunia.com/advisories/11015
- http://www.magicwinmail.net/download/english-help.chm
- http://members.lycos.co.uk/r34ct/main/ldaplib/ldaplib.php%20reveal%20local%20path%20of%20Winmail%203.6%20webmail%20directory.txt

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