CVE-2002-2399

Exp

Directory traversal vulnerability in viewAttachment.cgi in W3Mail 1.0.6 allows remote attackers to read arbitrary files via a .. (dot dot) in the file parameter.

Published: 2002-12-31 Last update: 2026-04-16 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]
NVD Status：Modified，CVE State: published
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CVE-2002-2399 is rated High Exploit Risk (71.4/100): CVSS Medium severity, with medium exploitation likelihood (EPSS 3.44%). 1 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-2002-2399

EDB-ID Source Kind Published Link
22015 exploit_db edb 2002-11-12 Exploit-DB ↗

Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2002-2399

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 2025-10-08 3.09% 3.44% +0.34%
2 2025-08-22 1.89% 3.09% +1.20%
3 2025-03-30 — 1.89% —

Full EPSS history (16 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2002-2399

CVSS metrics for this CVE.

Base score Version Severity Vector Exploitability Impact Score source
6.4 2.0 MEDIUM
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/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:P)
Partial integrity impact.
Availability impact (A:N)
No availability impact.
 10.0 4.9 [email protected]

Weakness enumeration for CVE-2002-2399

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2002-2399

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
cascadesoft w3mail 1.0.6 cpe:2.3:a:cascadesoft:w3mail:1.0.6:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-2002-2399

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