CVE-2007-2173

Eval injection vulnerability in (1) courier-imapd.indirect and (2) courier-pop3d.indirect in Courier-IMAP before 4.0.6-r2, and 4.1.x before 4.1.2-r1, on Gentoo Linux allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary commands via the XMAILDIR variable, related to the LOGINRUN variable.

Published: 2007-04-24 Last update: 2026-04-23 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]
NVD Status：Modified，CVE State: published
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CVE-2007-2173 is rated High Risk (73.2/100): CVSS Critical severity, with high exploitation likelihood (EPSS 4.67%, 91th percentile). EPSS ranks this CVE among the most likely to be exploited in the near term. EPSS rose +1.48% over the last day, indicating growing attacker interest. High exploitation likelihood—assess exposure and prioritize remediation.

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Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2007-2173

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 3.19% 4.67% +1.48%
2 2026-05-18 3.08% 3.19% +0.12%
3 2025-12-11 — 3.08% —

Full EPSS history (11 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2007-2173

CVSS metrics for this CVE.

Base score Version Severity Vector Exploitability Impact Score source
10.0 2.0 HIGH
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C 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:C)
Complete confidentiality impact.
Integrity impact (I:C)
Complete integrity impact.
Availability impact (A:C)
Complete availability impact.
 10.0 10.0 [email protected]

Weakness enumeration for CVE-2007-2173

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2007-2173

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
double_precision_incorporated courier-imap 4.0.0 cpe:2.3:a:double_precision_incorporated:courier-imap:4.0.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
double_precision_incorporated courier-imap 4.0.1 cpe:2.3:a:double_precision_incorporated:courier-imap:4.0.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
double_precision_incorporated courier-imap 4.0.2 cpe:2.3:a:double_precision_incorporated:courier-imap:4.0.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
double_precision_incorporated courier-imap 4.0.3 cpe:2.3:a:double_precision_incorporated:courier-imap:4.0.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
double_precision_incorporated courier-imap 4.0.4 cpe:2.3:a:double_precision_incorporated:courier-imap:4.0.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
double_precision_incorporated courier-imap 4.0.5 cpe:2.3:a:double_precision_incorporated:courier-imap:4.0.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
double_precision_incorporated courier-imap 4.1.0 cpe:2.3:a:double_precision_incorporated:courier-imap:4.1.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
double_precision_incorporated courier-imap 4.1.1 cpe:2.3:a:double_precision_incorporated:courier-imap:4.1.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-2007-2173

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