CVE-2002-1539

Exp

Buffer overflow in MDaemon POP server 6.0.7 and earlier allows remote authenticated users to cause a denial of service via long (1) DELE or (2) UIDL arguments.

Published: 2003-03-31 Last update: 2026-04-16 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]
NVD Status：Modified，CVE State: published
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CVE-2002-1539 is rated High Exploit Risk (63.1/100): CVSS Medium severity, with medium exploitation likelihood (EPSS 3.21%). 3 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-2002-1539

EDB-ID Source Kind Published Link
21965 exploit_db edb 2002-10-28 Exploit-DB ↗
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Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2002-1539

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 5.38% 3.21% -2.17%
2 2026-05-15 4.29% 5.38% +1.08%
3 2025-03-17 — 4.29% —

Full EPSS history (9 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2002-1539

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:N/I:N/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:N)
No confidentiality impact.
Integrity impact (I:N)
No integrity impact.
Availability impact (A:P)
Partial availability impact.
 10.0 2.9 [email protected]

Weakness enumeration for CVE-2002-1539

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2002-1539

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
alt-n mdaemon 6.0 cpe:2.3:a:alt-n:mdaemon:6.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
alt-n mdaemon 6.0.5 cpe:2.3:a:alt-n:mdaemon:6.0.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
alt-n mdaemon 6.0.6 cpe:2.3:a:alt-n:mdaemon:6.0.6:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
alt-n mdaemon 6.0.7 cpe:2.3:a:alt-n:mdaemon:6.0.7:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-2002-1539

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