POP3
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Source CTF and HTB Academy
Usually ports 110, 995
POP3 provides listing, retrieving, and deleting emails as functions at the email server.
USER username
Identifies the user.
PASS password
Authentication of the user using its password.
STAT
Requests the number of saved emails from the server.
LIST
Requests from the server the number and size of all emails.
RETR id
Requests the server to deliver the requested email by ID.
DELE id
Requests the server to delete the requested email by ID.
CAPA
Requests the server to display the server capabilities.
RSET
Requests the server to reset the transmitted information.
QUIT
Closes the connection with the POP3 server.
Same as imap see
openssl s_client -connect TARGET-IP:995 -crlf -quiet (995 is the port)
sudo nmap 10.129.14.128 -sV -p110,995 -sC
sudo nmap -p 110,995 --script=pop3-* TARGET-IP will try different enumeration including username enumeration
openssl s_client -connect 10.129.14.128:pop3s
curl -k 'pop3s://10.129.250.84' --user robin:robin -v
hydra pop3://TARGET-IP/TLS -L users.txt -P passwords.txt
