CVE-2006-2502

Exp

Stack-based buffer overflow in pop3d in Cyrus IMAPD (cyrus-imapd) 2.3.2, when the popsubfolders option is enabled, allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a long USER command.

Published: 2006-05-22 Last update: 2026-04-16 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]
NVD Status：Modified，CVE State: published
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CVE-2006-2502 is rated High Exploit Risk (75/100): CVSS Medium severity, with high exploitation likelihood (EPSS 77.01%, 99th percentile). 5 public exploit reference(s) are indexed (Exploit-DB). EPSS rose +5.56% over the last day, indicating growing attacker interest. 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-2006-2502

EDB-ID Source Kind Published Link
16836 exploit_db edb 2010-04-30 Exploit-DB ↗
2185 exploit_db edb 2006-08-14 Exploit-DB ↗
1813 exploit_db edb 2006-05-21 Exploit-DB ↗
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Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2006-2502

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 2026-03-27 71.45% 77.01% +5.56%
2 2025-10-16 77.01% 71.45% -5.56%
3 2025-07-15 — 77.01% —

Full EPSS history (18 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2006-2502

CVSS metrics for this CVE.

Base score Version Severity Vector Exploitability Impact Score source
5.1 2.0 MEDIUM
AV:N/AC:H/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:H)
Exploitation requires uncommon or highly specific conditions.
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.
 4.9 6.4 [email protected]

Weakness enumeration for CVE-2006-2502

OS Trackers for CVE-2006-2502

vendor priority summary link
redhat — — https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2006-2502
ubuntu medium CVE-2006-2502 medium priority: Ubuntu including 2 source packages (cyrus-imapd-2.2, cyrus21-imapd), 8 status rows across 4 suites (dapper, edgy, feisty, upstream): not-affected 6, needs-triage 2. https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2006-2502

Vendor comments (NVD) for CVE-2006-2502

  • Red Hat (2006-08-30T00:00:00)

    Not vulnerable. This issue does not affect the versions of cyrus-imapd distributed with Red Hat Enterprise Linux.

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2006-2502

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
cyrus imapd 2.3.2 cpe:2.3:a:cyrus:imapd:2.3.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-2006-2502

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