CVE-2002-1782

Published: Jun 21, 2005Updated: Apr 16, 2026 Sources: CVE List NVDNVD-CWE-Other

2.1LOW

NVD 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.

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CVSS Vector Breakdown

Exploitability

AV:LAccess Vector

Local

AC:LAccess Complexity

Low

Au:NAuthentication

None

Impact

C:PConfidentiality

Partial

I:NIntegrity

None

A:NAvailability

None

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Weaknesses

NVD-CWE-Other

Affected Products

uw-imap university of washington

Mixed

Communications / email-server-client

n/a n/a

university of washingtonoss-projectUSCommunicationsaka uw-imap

Exploitability

Official Patch Available

References

http://online.securityfocus.com/archive/1/275127

online.securityfocus.com

http://www.security.nnov.ru/advisories/courier.asp

security.nnov.ru

http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/4909

securityfocus.com

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Timeline

Published

Jun 21, 2005

Last Updated

Apr 16, 2026

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