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CVE-2002-0490
Instant Web Mail before 0.60 does not properly filter CR/LF sequences, which allows remote attackers to (1) execute arbitrary POP commands…
High10.0EPSS 2.7%
- Published
- Updated
- Reserved
- Assigned by
- mitre
Description
Instant Web Mail before 0.60 does not properly filter CR/LF sequences, which allows remote attackers to (1) execute arbitrary POP commands via the id parameter in message.php, or (2) modify certain mail message headers via numerous parameters in write.php.
Timeline
ID reserved
By mitre
- 10 months later
· 10 months later
Published
- 21 years later
· 21 years later
Record updated
Changes after publication (a new score, a public exploit, EPSS crossing 1, 10 or 50 %, leaving KEV) are kept since November 2026; earlier ones are not known.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| NVDNVD · Modified | 2.0 | High10.0 | AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 2.7% · top 14% of all CVEs (8 Nov 2026)
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The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: High 10.0.
Weakness
- n/a
Affected products
n/a
- affected n/a
References (4)
- instant-webmail-pop-commands(8650) (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_XFx_transferred
- 4361 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDx_transferred
- 20020323 Instant Web Mail additional POP3 commands and mail headers (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQx_transferred
- http://instantwebmail.sourceforge.net/#changeLog (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
Sources
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