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CVE-2001-1285

• Severity: medium (CVSS 5.0 v2.0)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 2.7% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: none known
• Published: 2001-10-12 · updated 2026-06-16

Description

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.

Affected products

• Ipswitch Imail: 6.0.2, 6.0.6, 7.0.4

References

• 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

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