CVE-2002-1581

Exp

Directory traversal vulnerability in nph-mr.cgi in Mailreader.com 2.3.20 through 2.3.31 allows remote attackers to view arbitrary files via .. (dot dot) sequences and a null byte (%00) in the configLanguage parameter.

Published: 2004-12-06 Last update: 2026-04-16 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]
NVD Status：Modified，CVE State: published
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CVE-2002-1581 is rated High Exploit Risk (65.6/100): CVSS Medium severity, with high exploitation likelihood (EPSS 9.75%, 92th percentile). 3 public exploit reference(s) are indexed (Exploit-DB). Public exploits are available—assess exposure, apply mitigations, and prioritize patching.

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Public exploit references (Exploit-DB) for CVE-2002-1581

EDB-ID Source Kind Published Link
21966 exploit_db edb 2002-10-28 Exploit-DB ↗
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Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2002-1581

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 2025-03-30 11.43% 9.75% -1.69%
2 2025-03-29 9.75% 11.43% +1.69%
3 2025-03-17 — 9.75% —

Full EPSS history (8 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2002-1581

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-2002-1581

OS Trackers for CVE-2002-1581

vendor priority summary link
ubuntu medium CVE-2002-1581 medium priority: Ubuntu including 1 source packages (mailreader), 4 status rows across 4 suites (dapper, edgy, feisty, upstream): released 3, needs-triage 1. https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2002-1581

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2002-1581

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
mailreader.com mailreader.com 2.3.20 cpe:2.3:a:mailreader.com:mailreader.com:2.3.20:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
mailreader.com mailreader.com 2.3.21 cpe:2.3:a:mailreader.com:mailreader.com:2.3.21:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
mailreader.com mailreader.com 2.3.22 cpe:2.3:a:mailreader.com:mailreader.com:2.3.22:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
mailreader.com mailreader.com 2.3.23 cpe:2.3:a:mailreader.com:mailreader.com:2.3.23:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
mailreader.com mailreader.com 2.3.24 cpe:2.3:a:mailreader.com:mailreader.com:2.3.24:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
mailreader.com mailreader.com 2.3.25 cpe:2.3:a:mailreader.com:mailreader.com:2.3.25:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
mailreader.com mailreader.com 2.3.26 cpe:2.3:a:mailreader.com:mailreader.com:2.3.26:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
mailreader.com mailreader.com 2.3.27 cpe:2.3:a:mailreader.com:mailreader.com:2.3.27:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
mailreader.com mailreader.com 2.3.28 cpe:2.3:a:mailreader.com:mailreader.com:2.3.28:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
mailreader.com mailreader.com 2.3.29 cpe:2.3:a:mailreader.com:mailreader.com:2.3.29:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
mailreader.com mailreader.com 2.3.30 cpe:2.3:a:mailreader.com:mailreader.com:2.3.30:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
mailreader.com mailreader.com 2.3.31 cpe:2.3:a:mailreader.com:mailreader.com:2.3.31:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
debian debian_linux 3.0 cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:3.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-2002-1581

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