CVE & CISA-KEV Catalog

CVE-2002-1782

LOW
2.1
CVSS v2
NVD

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.

How to fix

Remediation Available
uw-imapDebian
Fixed in:7:2002ddebian1-2CVE-2002-1782
Fixed in:7:2002ddebian1-2CVE-2002-1782

Remediation is compiled from vendor and distribution security advisories. Always confirm against the linked source for your exact version and platform.

CVSS v2 Vector

No CVSS vector data available.

Exploit Intelligence

0.34%probability of exploitation in 30 days
26thpercentile

Low risk: more likely to be exploited than 26% of all known CVEs.

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