Atrium Mercur Mail Server 3.2 allows local attackers to read other user's email and create arbitrary files via a dot dot (..) attack.
Conclusion & alert: CVE-2000-0318 is rated High Exploit Risk (68.1/100): CVSS High severity, with medium exploitation likelihood (EPSS 1.19%). Core evidence: 1 public exploit reference(s) are indexed (Exploit-DB). Mandatory action: Public exploits are available—assess exposure, apply mitigations, and prioritize patching.
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| EDB-ID | Source | Kind | Published | Link |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| — | nvd_ref | exploit_tag | Exploit-DB ↗ |
EPSS lead: Daily EPSS estimates relative likelihood of exploitation; percentile ranks this CVE among scored vulnerabilities (higher = more severe relative rank).
| # | Date | Old EPSS score | New EPSS score | Delta (New - Old) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2026-06-15 | 0.41% | 1.19% | +0.78% |
| 2 | 2025-03-30 | 0.46% | 0.41% | -0.05% |
| 3 | 2025-03-29 | — | 0.46% | — |
Full EPSS history (6 records total)
CVSS metrics for this CVE.
| Base score | Version | Severity | Vector | Exploitability | Impact | Score source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 7.5 | 2.0 | HIGH |
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10.0 | 6.4 | [email protected] |
| Vendor | Product | Version | Raw CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
| atrium_software | mercur_mailserver | 3.2 | cpe:2.3:a:atrium_software:mercur_mailserver:3.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
| URL | Tags |
|---|---|
| http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/ntbugtraq/2000-q2/0057.html | |
| http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/1144 | Exploit Vendor Advisory |