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CVE-2002-2202
Outlook Express 6.0 does not delete messages from dbx files, even when a user empties the Deleted items folder, which allows local users…
Low3.8EPSS 1.3%
- Published
- Updated
- Reserved
- Assigned by
- mitre
Description
Outlook Express 6.0 does not delete messages from dbx files, even when a user empties the Deleted items folder, which allows local users to read other users email.
Timeline
ID reserved
By mitre
Published
- 19 years later
· 19 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 | Low3.8 | AV:L/AC:H/Au:S/C:C/I:N/A:N |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 1.3% · top 29% 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: Low 3.8.
Weakness
- n/a
Affected products
n/a
- affected n/a
References (2)
- 20021027 OE DBX Exposure (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_NTBUGTRAQx_transferred
- outlook-express-dbx-messages(10500) (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_XFx_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)
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- CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)
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