CVE-2001-1285 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

Description

Directory traversal vulnerability in readmail.cgi for Ipswitch IMail 7.04 and earlier allows remote attackers to access the mailboxes of other users via a .. (dot dot) in the mbx parameter.

Published: 2002-05-03

Score: 5.0 Medium

EPSS: < 1% Very Low

KEV: No

Impact:

Action:

Analysis

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Default status is the baseline for the product, each version can override it (e.g. patched versions marked unaffected).

Vendor Product Default status Versions

n/a

n/a

affected

Version	Status	Constraints
`n/a`	affected	—

Configuration 1 [-]

OR	cpe:2.3:a:ipswitch:imail:6.0.2:::::::*
	cpe:2.3:a:ipswitch:imail:6.0.6:::::::*
	cpe:2.3:a:ipswitch:imail:7.0.4:::::::*

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Remediation

No vendor fix or workaround currently provided.

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Tracking

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Advisories

Source	ID	Title
EUVD	EUVD-2001-1266	Directory traversal vulnerability in readmail.cgi for Ipswitch IMail 7.04 and earlier allows remote attackers to access the mailboxes of other users via a .. (dot dot) in the mbx parameter.

No CVSS v4.0

No CVSS v3.1

No CVSS v3.0

Access Vector Network

Access Complexity Low

Authentication None

Confidentiality Impact None

Integrity Impact Partial

Availability Impact None

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

The EPSS score is 0.0013.

Key SSVC decision points have not yet been added.

References

Link	Providers
http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/bugtraq/2001-10/0082.html
http://www.ipswitch.com/Support/IMail/news.html
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/3432

History

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Subscriptions

Ipswitch Imail

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published: 2002-05-03T04:00:00.000Z

Updated: 2024-08-08T04:51:07.926Z

Reserved: 2002-05-01T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2001-1285

Vulnrichment

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NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2001-10-12T04:00:00.000

Modified: 2026-04-16T00:27:16.627

Link: CVE-2001-1285

Redhat

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OpenCVE Enrichment

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Weaknesses

NVD-CWE-Other

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