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CVE-2001-1231

• Severity: medium (CVSS 5.0 v2.0)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 1.9% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: none known
• Published: 2001-08-14 · updated 2026-06-16

Description

GroupWise 5.5 and 6 running in live remote or smart caching mode allows remote attackers to read arbitrary users' mailboxes by extracting usernames and passwords from sniffed network traffic, as addressed by the "Padlock" fix.

Affected products

• Novell GroupWise: 5.5, 6.0

References

• http://support.novell.com/padlock/details.htm
• http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/204672
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/3189
• https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/6998
• http://support.novell.com/padlock/details.htm
• http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/204672
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/3189
• https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/6998

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