CVE-2000-0780

Exp

The web server in IPSWITCH IMail 6.04 and earlier allows remote attackers to read and delete arbitrary files via a .. (dot dot) attack.

Published: 2000-10-20 Last update: 2026-06-16 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]
NVD Status：Modified，CVE State: published
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CVE-2000-0780 is rated High Exploit Risk (78.1/100): CVSS Medium severity, with high exploitation likelihood (EPSS 6.91%, 93th percentile). 1 public exploit reference(s) are indexed (Exploit-DB). EPSS rose +4.83% over the last day, indicating growing attacker interest. Public exploits are available—assess exposure, apply mitigations, and prioritize patching.

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Public exploit references (Exploit-DB) for CVE-2000-0780

EDB-ID Source Kind Published Link
20182 exploit_db edb 2000-08-30 Exploit-DB ↗

Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2000-0780

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 2.07% 6.91% +4.83%
2 2025-05-08 1.63% 2.07% +0.44%
3 2025-03-30 — 1.63% —

Full EPSS history (8 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2000-0780

CVSS metrics for this CVE.

Base score Version Severity Vector Exploitability Impact Score source
6.4 2.0 MEDIUM
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:N Click to expand
Access vector (AV:N)
Can be exploited remotely over network reachability.
Access complexity (AC:L)
Exploitation conditions are straightforward and predictable.
Authentication (AU:N)
No authentication is required.
Confidentiality impact (C:P)
Partial confidentiality impact.
Integrity impact (I:P)
Partial integrity impact.
Availability impact (A:N)
No availability impact.
 10.0 4.9 [email protected]

Weakness enumeration for CVE-2000-0780

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2000-0780

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
ipswitch imail 5.0 cpe:2.3:a:ipswitch:imail:5.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
ipswitch imail 6.0 cpe:2.3:a:ipswitch:imail:6.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
ipswitch imail 6.1 cpe:2.3:a:ipswitch:imail:6.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
ipswitch imail 6.2 cpe:2.3:a:ipswitch:imail:6.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
ipswitch imail 6.3 cpe:2.3:a:ipswitch:imail:6.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
ipswitch imail 6.4 cpe:2.3:a:ipswitch:imail:6.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-2000-0780

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