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CVE-1999-0920 is a buffer overflow vulnerability in the pop-2d POP daemon included in the IMAP package. The flaw is triggered via the POP FOLD command, which does not properly bound-check attacker-supplied input, allowing a remote attacker to overflow a buffer in the daemon. Successful exploitation can result in privilege gain on the target system.
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This repository contains a single Metasploit auxiliary module (modules/auxiliary/admin/pop2/uw_fileretrieval.rb) that exploits a vulnerability (CVE-1999-0920) in the University of Washington ipop2d (POP2 daemon) service. The exploit leverages the FOLD command to retrieve arbitrary files from the target system, provided the attacker has valid POP2 credentials and the file is readable by the POP account. The module is written in Ruby and is structured as a standard Metasploit module, requiring the user to specify the file to retrieve (default: /etc/passwd). The attack vector is network-based, targeting the POP2 service. The main capability is remote file retrieval, and the exploit does not provide a shell or code execution, but rather outputs the contents of the specified file.
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