CVE-2002-1076

Exp

Buffer overflow in the Web Messaging daemon for Ipswitch IMail before 7.12 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a long HTTP GET request for HTTP/1.0.

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

Conclusion & alert: CVE-2002-1076 is rated High Exploit Risk (83.7/100): CVSS High severity, with high exploitation likelihood (EPSS 28.49%, 96th percentile). Core evidence: 2 public exploit reference(s) are indexed (Exploit-DB). EPSS rose +22.32% over the last day, indicating growing attacker interest. Mandatory action: Public exploits are available—assess exposure, apply mitigations, and prioritize patching.

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Public exploit references (Exploit-DB) for CVE-2002-1076

EDB-ID Source Kind Published Link
21654 exploit_db edb 2002-07-25 Exploit-DB ↗
nvd_ref exploit_tag Exploit-DB ↗

Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2002-1076

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 2025-06-01 6.18% 28.49% +22.32%
2 2025-03-30 5.66% 6.18% +0.52%
3 2025-03-29 5.66%

Full EPSS history (10 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2002-1076

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-2002-1076

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2002-1076

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
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:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
ipswitch imail 7.0.1 cpe:2.3:a:ipswitch:imail:7.0.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
ipswitch imail 7.0.2 cpe:2.3:a:ipswitch:imail:7.0.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
ipswitch imail 7.0.3 cpe:2.3:a:ipswitch:imail:7.0.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
ipswitch imail 7.0.4 cpe:2.3:a:ipswitch:imail:7.0.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
ipswitch imail 7.0.5 cpe:2.3:a:ipswitch:imail:7.0.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
ipswitch imail 7.0.6 cpe:2.3:a:ipswitch:imail:7.0.6:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
ipswitch imail 7.0.7 cpe:2.3:a:ipswitch:imail:7.0.7:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
ipswitch imail 7.1 cpe:2.3:a:ipswitch:imail:7.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-2002-1076

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