CVE-2002-1073

Exp

Buffer overflow in the control service for MERCUR Mailserver 4.2 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a long password.

Published: 2002-10-04 Last update: 2026-06-16 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]
NVD Status：Modified，CVE State: published
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CVE-2002-1073 is rated High Exploit Risk (77.6/100): CVSS High severity, with high exploitation likelihood (EPSS 5.73%, 92th percentile). 2 public exploit reference(s) are indexed (Exploit-DB). 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-2002-1073

EDB-ID Source Kind Published Link
21626 exploit_db edb 2002-07-16 Exploit-DB ↗
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Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2002-1073

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 5.39% 5.73% +0.35%
2 2025-03-30 8.48% 5.39% -3.10%
3 2025-03-29 — 8.48% —

Full EPSS history (9 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2002-1073

CVSS metrics for this CVE.

Base score Version Severity Vector Exploitability Impact Score source
7.5 2.0 HIGH
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P 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:P)
Partial availability impact.
 10.0 6.4 [email protected]

Weakness enumeration for CVE-2002-1073

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2002-1073

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
atrium_software mercur_mailserver 3.3 cpe:2.3:a:atrium_software:mercur_mailserver:3.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
atrium_software mercur_mailserver 3.3_sp1 cpe:2.3:a:atrium_software:mercur_mailserver:3.3_sp1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
atrium_software mercur_mailserver 3.3_sp2 cpe:2.3:a:atrium_software:mercur_mailserver:3.3_sp2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
atrium_software mercur_mailserver 4.1 cpe:2.3:a:atrium_software:mercur_mailserver:4.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
atrium_software mercur_mailserver 4.1_sp1 cpe:2.3:a:atrium_software:mercur_mailserver:4.1_sp1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
atrium_software mercur_mailserver 4.2 cpe:2.3:a:atrium_software:mercur_mailserver:4.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-2002-1073

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