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CVE-2002-1782
The default configuration of University of Washington IMAP daemon (wu-imapd), when running on a system that does not allow shell access,…
Low2.1EPSS 0.34%
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- mitre
Description
The default configuration of University of Washington IMAP daemon (wu-imapd), when running on a system that does not allow shell access, allows a local user with a valid IMAP account to read arbitrary files as that user.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| NVDNVD · Modified | 2.0 | Low2.1 | AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 0.34% · top 72% of all CVEs (2 Nov 2026)
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The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: Low 2.1.
Weakness
- n/a
Affected products
n/a
- affected n/a
References (5)
- 4909 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDx_transferred
- http://www.security.nnov.ru/advisories/courier.asp (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
- 20020601 SECURITY.NNOV: Courier CPU exhaustion + bonus on imap-uw (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQx_transferred
- http://www.washington.edu/imap/IMAP-FAQs/index.html#5.1 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- wuimapd-information-disclosure(9238) (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)
- 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)
Record last updated .