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Atrium Mercur Mailserver

Vulnerability Assessment Summary
mercure imap version check

Detailed Explanation for this Vulnerability Assessment

The remote imap server is Mercur Mailserver 3.20

There is a flaw in this server (present up to version 3.20.02)
which permit any authenticated user to read any file on the system.
This includes other users mailboxes, or any system file.

Warning : this flaw has not been actually checked but was deduced
from the server banner
Solution : There was no solution ready when this vulnerability was written

Please contact the vendor for updates that address this vulnerability.
Network Security Threat Level: High
See also : http://oliver.efri.hr/~crv/security/bugs/Others/mercur3.html

Networks Security ID: 1144

Vulnerability Assessment Copyright: This script is Copyright (C) 2000 Renaud Deraison

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