CVE-2005-1252

Severity: medium (CVSS 5.0 v2.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 12.5% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: none known
Published: 2005-05-25 · updated 2026-06-16

Description

Directory traversal vulnerability in the Web Calendaring server in Ipswitch Imail 8.13, and other versions before IMail Server 8.2 Hotfix 2, allows remote attackers to read arbitrary files via "..\" (dot dot backslash) sequences in the query string argument in a GET request to a non-existent .jsp file.

Affected products

Ipswitch Imail: 8.13
Ipswitch Imail Server: through 8.2_hotfix_2

References

http://securitytracker.com/id?1014047
http://www.idefense.com/application/poi/display?id=242&type=vulnerabilities
http://www.ipswitch.com/support/imail/releases/imail_professional/im82hf2.html
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/13727
http://securitytracker.com/id?1014047
http://www.idefense.com/application/poi/display?id=242&type=vulnerabilities
http://www.ipswitch.com/support/imail/releases/imail_professional/im82hf2.html
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/13727

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