Directory traversal vulnerability in the _list_file_get function in lib/Majordomo.pm in Majordomo 2 before 20110131 allows remote attackers to read arbitrary files via .. (dot dot) sequences in the help command, as demonstrated using (1) a crafted email and (2) cgi-bin/mj_wwwusr in the web interface.
Conclusion & alert: CVE-2011-0049 is rated High Exploit Risk (69.2/100): CVSS Medium severity, with high exploitation likelihood (EPSS 90.58%, 100th percentile). Core evidence: 4 public exploit reference(s) are indexed (Exploit-DB). Mandatory action: 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.
| EDB-ID | Source | Kind | Published | Link |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 16103 | exploit_db | edb | 2011-02-03 | Exploit-DB ↗ |
| — | nvd_ref | exploit_tag | Exploit-DB ↗ | |
| — | nvd_ref | exploit_tag | Exploit-DB ↗ | |
| — | nvd_ref | exploit_tag | Exploit-DB ↗ |
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 | 2026-03-02 | 91.27% | 90.58% | -0.69% |
| 2 | 2025-03-30 | 91.60% | 91.27% | -0.33% |
| 3 | 2025-03-29 | — | 91.60% | — |
Full EPSS history (15 records total)
CVSS metrics for this CVE.
| Base score | Version | Severity | Vector | Exploitability | Impact | Score source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 5.0 | 2.0 | MEDIUM |
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10.0 | 2.9 | [email protected] |
| Vendor | Product | Version | Raw CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
| mj2 | majordomo_2 | <= 20110130 | cpe:2.3:a:mj2:majordomo_2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
| mj2 | majordomo_2 | 20110101 | cpe:2.3:a:mj2:majordomo_2:20110101:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
| mj2 | majordomo_2 | 20110102 | cpe:2.3:a:mj2:majordomo_2:20110102:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
| mj2 | majordomo_2 | 20110103 | cpe:2.3:a:mj2:majordomo_2:20110103:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
| mj2 | majordomo_2 | 20110104 | cpe:2.3:a:mj2:majordomo_2:20110104:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
| mj2 | majordomo_2 | 20110105 | cpe:2.3:a:mj2:majordomo_2:20110105:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
| mj2 | majordomo_2 | 20110106 | cpe:2.3:a:mj2:majordomo_2:20110106:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
| mj2 | majordomo_2 | 20110107 | cpe:2.3:a:mj2:majordomo_2:20110107:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
| mj2 | majordomo_2 | 20110108 | cpe:2.3:a:mj2:majordomo_2:20110108:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
| mj2 | majordomo_2 | 20110109 | cpe:2.3:a:mj2:majordomo_2:20110109:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
| mj2 | majordomo_2 | 20110110 | cpe:2.3:a:mj2:majordomo_2:20110110:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
| mj2 | majordomo_2 | 20110111 | cpe:2.3:a:mj2:majordomo_2:20110111:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
| mj2 | majordomo_2 | 20110112 | cpe:2.3:a:mj2:majordomo_2:20110112:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
| mj2 | majordomo_2 | 20110113 | cpe:2.3:a:mj2:majordomo_2:20110113:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
| mj2 | majordomo_2 | 20110114 | cpe:2.3:a:mj2:majordomo_2:20110114:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
| mj2 | majordomo_2 | 20110115 | cpe:2.3:a:mj2:majordomo_2:20110115:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
| mj2 | majordomo_2 | 20110116 | cpe:2.3:a:mj2:majordomo_2:20110116:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
| mj2 | majordomo_2 | 20110117 | cpe:2.3:a:mj2:majordomo_2:20110117:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
| mj2 | majordomo_2 | 20110118 | cpe:2.3:a:mj2:majordomo_2:20110118:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
| mj2 | majordomo_2 | 20110119 | cpe:2.3:a:mj2:majordomo_2:20110119:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
| mj2 | majordomo_2 | 20110120 | cpe:2.3:a:mj2:majordomo_2:20110120:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
| mj2 | majordomo_2 | 20110121 | cpe:2.3:a:mj2:majordomo_2:20110121:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
| mj2 | majordomo_2 | 20110122 | cpe:2.3:a:mj2:majordomo_2:20110122:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
| mj2 | majordomo_2 | 20110123 | cpe:2.3:a:mj2:majordomo_2:20110123:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
| mj2 | majordomo_2 | 20110124 | cpe:2.3:a:mj2:majordomo_2:20110124:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
| mj2 | majordomo_2 | 20110125 | cpe:2.3:a:mj2:majordomo_2:20110125:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
| mj2 | majordomo_2 | 20110126 | cpe:2.3:a:mj2:majordomo_2:20110126:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
| mj2 | majordomo_2 | 20110127 | cpe:2.3:a:mj2:majordomo_2:20110127:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
| mj2 | majordomo_2 | 20110128 | cpe:2.3:a:mj2:majordomo_2:20110128:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
| mj2 | majordomo_2 | 20110129 | cpe:2.3:a:mj2:majordomo_2:20110129:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |