CVE-2002-0531

Directory traversal vulnerability in emumail.cgi in EMU Webmail 4.5.x and 5.1.0 allows remote attackers to read arbitrary files or list arbitrary directories via a .. (dot dot) in the type parameter.

Published: 2002-08-12 Last update: 2026-04-16 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]
NVD Status：Modified，CVE State: published
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CVE-2002-0531 is rated Moderate Risk (49.7/100): CVSS Medium severity, with medium exploitation likelihood (EPSS 2.61%). Review affected assets and schedule remediation.

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Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2002-0531

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 2026-02-12 2.78% 2.61% -0.17%
2 2025-10-17 2.30% 2.78% +0.48%
3 2025-03-30 — 2.30% —

Full EPSS history (9 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2002-0531

CVSS metrics for this CVE.

Base score Version Severity Vector Exploitability Impact Score source
5.0 2.0 MEDIUM
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/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:N)
No integrity impact.
Availability impact (A:N)
No availability impact.
 10.0 2.9 [email protected]

Weakness enumeration for CVE-2002-0531

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2002-0531

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
emumail emumail 3.0 cpe:2.3:a:emumail:emumail:3.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
emumail emumail_red_hat_linux 5.0 cpe:2.3:a:emumail:emumail_red_hat_linux:5.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
emumail emumail_red_hat_linux 5.1 cpe:2.3:a:emumail:emumail_red_hat_linux:5.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
emumail emumail_unix 5.0 cpe:2.3:a:emumail:emumail_unix:5.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
emumail emumail_unix 5.1 cpe:2.3:a:emumail:emumail_unix:5.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-2002-0531

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