Vulnerability Report

CVE-2001-1285

Title: IMail readmail.cgi directory traversal allows reading other users' mailboxes

Information disclosure

Proof Of Concept

No public PoC currently indexed for CVE-2001-1285.

CWE Category NVD-CWE-noinfo

Published Date Oct 12, 2001

Modified Date Apr 03, 2025

Exploit Status Not Found

Score 5.0 CVSS v2.0

Exploit Probability (EPSS)

0.13%

Vulnerability Summary

CVE-2001-1285: Directory traversal vulnerability in readmail.cgi for Ipswitch IMail 7.04 and earlier allows remote attackers to access the mailboxes of other users via a .. (dot dot) in the mbx parameter.

Impacted Vendors

ipswitch 1

Reference Links

http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/bugtraq/2001-10/0082.html http://www.ipswitch.com/Support/IMail/news.html http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/3432 http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/bugtraq/2001-10/0082.html http://www.ipswitch.com/Support/IMail/news.html http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/3432

CVSS v2.0

Source Entity [email protected]

Severity MEDIUM

5.0

Access Vector

N/A

Authentication

N/A

RAW VECTOR AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N

Associated Attack Patterns (CAPEC)

Total: Patterns

CVE-2001-1285 Exploits & PoCs (Proof Of Concept)

No public PoCs found in our database for this CVE.

April 03, 2025 MODIFIED

Vulnerability data or affected products updated.

October 12, 2001 PUBLISHED

Vulnerability first announced in NVD.

Attack Vector Matrix

Access Vector N/A

Complexity N/A

Privileges N/A

Interaction NONE

CVSS Vector String


                                    AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N

Affected Stack

No specific products linked.