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VAR-200110-0111

Vulnerability from variot - Updated: 2025-04-03 22:25

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. Ipswitch IMail is an email server that serves clients their mail via a web interface. IMail supports most common email protocols such as SMTP, POP3, IMAP4, and LDAP etc. A vulnerability exists in IMail which could enable an authenticated user to view the mailbox of another IMail user. This accomplished using directory traversal techniques while logged into the server with a valid session ID. Remote attackers use the .

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CVE-2001-1285 (GCVE-0-2001-1285)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2002-05-03 04:00 – Updated: 2024-08-08 04:51

Summary

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.

Severity

No CVSS data available.

CWE

Assigner

mitre mitre root Scorecard

References

3 references

URL	Tags
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http://www.ipswitch.com/Support/IMail/news.html	x_refsource_MISC
http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/bugtraq/20…	mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQ

Date Public

2001-10-11 00:00

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Sightings

Author	Source	Type	Date	Other

Nomenclature

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Confirmed: The vulnerability has been validated from an analyst's perspective.
Published Proof of Concept: A public proof of concept is available for this vulnerability.
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Patched: The vulnerability was observed as successfully patched by the user who reported the sighting.
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Not confirmed: The user expressed doubt about the validity of the vulnerability.
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The approach is described in our paper Mapping CVEs to MITRE ATT&CK Techniques: A Curated Gold-Set Classifier and the Limits of LLM-Assisted Label Expansion.
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VAR-200110-0111

CVE-2001-1285 (GCVE-0-2001-1285)

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