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CVE-2002-0925
Format string vulnerability in mmsyslog function allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via (1) the USER command to mmpop3d for…
High7.5EPSS 3.4%
- Published
- Updated
- Reserved
- Assigned by
- mitre
Description
Format string vulnerability in mmsyslog function allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via (1) the USER command to mmpop3d for mmmail 0.0.13 and earlier, (2) the HELO command to mmsmtpd for mmmail 0.0.13 and earlier, or (3) the USER command to mmftpd 0.0.7 and earlier.
Timeline
ID reserved
By mitre
- 15 days later
· 15 days later
Published
- 22 years later
· 22 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 | High7.5 | AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 3.4% · top 11% 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 7.5.
Weakness
- n/a
Affected products
n/a
- affected n/a
References (8)
- mmftpd-mmsyslog-format-string(9337) (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_XFx_transferred
- http://mmondor.gobot.ca/software/linux/mmftpd-changelog.txt (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- 4990 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDx_transferred
- mmmail-mmsyslog-format-string(9336) (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_XFx_transferred
- 20020612 [CERT-intexxia] mmmail POP3-SMTP Daemon Format String Vulnerability (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQx_transferred
- 20020612 [CERT-intexxia] mmftpd FTP Daemon Format String Vulnerability (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQx_transferred
- 4999 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDx_transferred
- http://mmondor.gobot.ca/software/linux/mmmail-changelog.txt (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
Sources
The same CVE in the primary databases and aggregators, to check against.
- CVE.org record (opens in a new tab)
- CVE List JSON (GitHub) (opens in a new tab)
- NVD (opens in a new tab)
- FIRST EPSS (opens in a new tab)
- OSV.dev (opens in a new tab)
- GitHub Advisories (opens in a new tab)
- CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)
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