CVE-2002-1581
Directory traversal vulnerability in nph-mr.cgi in Mailreader.com 2.3.20 through 2.3.31 allows remote attackers to view arbitrary files…
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- mitre
Description
Directory traversal vulnerability in nph-mr.cgi in Mailreader.com 2.3.20 through 2.3.31 allows remote attackers to view arbitrary files via .. (dot dot) sequences and a null byte (%00) in the configLanguage parameter.
Public exploit
An exploit or proof of concept is public: anyone can try it against an unpatched system. The public collections list an Exploit-DB entry for it.
Exploit-DB1 entry
- MailReader.com 2.3.x - 'NPH-MR.cgi' File Disclosure (Exploit-DB entry) (opens in a new tab)
EDB-ID 21966webapps, cgipublished 28 Oct 2002Verified
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Timeline
ID reserved
By mitre
- 6 days later
· 6 days later
Published
- 20 years later
· 20 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 | Medium5.0 | AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 7.6% · top 5.4% of all CVEs (9 Nov 2026)
The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: Medium 5.0.
Weakness
- n/a
Affected products
n/a
- affected n/a
References (5)
- http://mailreader.com/download/ChangeLog (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_refsource_MISCx_transferred
- mailreader-dotdot-directory-traversal(10490) (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_XFx_transferred
- 6055 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDx_transferred
- DSA-534 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_DEBIANx_transferred
- 20021028 SCAN Associates Advisory : Multiple vurnerabilities on mailreader.com (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQx_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)
- EUVD EUVD-2002-1562 (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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