CVE-2002-0532 describes a critical vulnerability in EMU Webmail, affecting its emumail, emumail_red_hat_linux, and emumail_unix versions. This flaw permits local users to execute arbitrary programs by manipulating the HTTP Host header with a ".." (dot dot) sequence, directing it to a malicious configuration file containing shell metacharacters within a pageroot specifier. With a CVSS score of 7.2, this vulnerability is highly severe, allowing for complete compromise of confidentiality, integrity, and availability (C:C/I:C/A:C) with low attack complexity (AC:L) and requiring local access (AV:L). Despite its age and severity, there is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion or media coverage.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
3.0CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:emumail:emumail:3.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
5.0CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:emumail:emumail_red_hat_linux:5.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
5.1CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:emumail:emumail_red_hat_linux:5.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
5.0CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:emumail:emumail_unix:5.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
5.1CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:emumail:emumail_unix:5.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 2.0
AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
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