CVE-2002-1782

Severity: low (CVSS 2.1 v2.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 0.3% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: none known
Published: 2002-12-31 · updated 2026-06-16

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.

Affected products

University Of Washington Uw-Imap: 2001.0a

References

http://online.securityfocus.com/archive/1/275127
http://www.security.nnov.ru/advisories/courier.asp
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/4909
http://www.washington.edu/imap/IMAP-FAQs/index.html#5.1
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/9238
http://online.securityfocus.com/archive/1/275127
http://www.security.nnov.ru/advisories/courier.asp
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/4909
http://www.washington.edu/imap/IMAP-FAQs/index.html#5.1
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/9238

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