CVE-2002-1581
Status: ModifiedMedium (5)—
Directory traversal vulnerability in nph-mr.cgi in Mailreader.com 2.3.20 through 2.3.31 allows remote attackers to view arbitrary files via .. (dot dot) sequences and a null byte (%00) in the configLanguage parameter.
CVSS
- Version: 2.0
- Vector: AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N
- Base score: 5
Exploitation probability (EPSS)
- Probability of exploitation in the next 30 days: 7.64%
- Percentile among all scored CVEs: 94
- Score date: 10/5/2026
EPSS (Exploit Prediction Scoring System, FIRST) estimates how likely a vulnerability is to be exploited in the wild within 30 days. It complements CVSS (impact) and CISA KEV (confirmed exploitation).
Affected technologies (2)
CWEs
- NVD-CWE-Other
References
- http://mailreader.com/download/ChangeLog
- http://mailreader.com/download/ChangeLog
- http://mailreader.com/download/ChangeLog
- http://mailreader.com/download/ChangeLog
- http://www.debian.org/security/2004/dsa-534
- http://www.iss.net/security_center/static/10490.php
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/297428
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/6055
- http://mailreader.com/download/ChangeLog
- http://mailreader.com/download/ChangeLog
- http://mailreader.com/download/ChangeLog
- http://mailreader.com/download/ChangeLog
- http://www.debian.org/security/2004/dsa-534
- http://www.iss.net/security_center/static/10490.php
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/297428
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/6055
Raw JSON (NVD)
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