CVE-2002-1004

Exp

Directory traversal vulnerability in webmail feature of ArGoSoft Mail Server Plus or Pro 1.8.1.5 and earlier allows remote attackers to read arbitrary files via .. (dot dot) sequences in a URL.

Published: 2002-10-04 Last update: 2026-04-16 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]

Conclusion & alert: CVE-2002-1004 is rated High Exploit Risk (67.8/100): CVSS Medium severity, with high exploitation likelihood (EPSS 6.47%, 91th percentile). Core evidence: 3 public exploit reference(s) are indexed (Exploit-DB). EPSS rose +1.08% over the last day, indicating growing attacker interest. Mandatory action: Public exploits are available—assess exposure, apply mitigations, and prioritize patching.

Risk is dynamic; we continuously reassess and refresh what is shown on this page as upstream context changes.

Public exploit references (Exploit-DB) for CVE-2002-1004

EDB-ID Source Kind Published Link
21591 exploit_db edb 2002-07-06 Exploit-DB ↗
nvd_ref exploit_tag Exploit-DB ↗
nvd_ref exploit_tag Exploit-DB ↗

Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2002-1004

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 2025-05-28 5.39% 6.47% +1.08%
2 2025-03-30 6.57% 5.39% -1.18%
3 2025-03-29 6.57%

Full EPSS history (10 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2002-1004

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-2002-1004

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2002-1004

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
argosoft argosoft_mail_server 1.8.1.5 cpe:2.3:a:argosoft:argosoft_mail_server:1.8.1.5:*:plus:*:*:*:*:*
argosoft argosoft_mail_server 1.8.1.5 cpe:2.3:a:argosoft:argosoft_mail_server:1.8.1.5:*:pro:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-2002-1004

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