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CVE-2001-1285

15
FAUCET Score

CVE-2001-1285 describes a directory traversal vulnerability in Ipswitch IMail 7.04 and earlier, specifically within the readmail.cgi script. This flaw allows unauthenticated remote attackers to access other users' mailboxes by manipulating the 'mbx' parameter with directory traversal sequences. Rated as Medium severity (CVSS 5.0), it has a low attack complexity and could lead to information disclosure, though it does not impact integrity or availability. There is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code, or significant community discussion surrounding this vulnerability.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
6.0.2CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:ipswitch:imail:6.0.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
6.0.6CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:ipswitch:imail:6.0.6:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
7.0.4CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:ipswitch:imail:7.0.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 2.0

5.0MEDIUM

AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N

Confidentiality Impact
NONE
Integrity Impact
PARTIAL
Availability Impact
NONE
Access Vector
NETWORK
Access Complexity
LOW
Authentication
NONE
Exploitability Score
10.0
Impact Score
2.9
CvssVersion
2.0

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
2.66%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
84.1%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-27
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0266 is in the 77th percentile among its peer group of 23,705 CVEs.

Social Chatter

No social media mentions found for this CVE.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.0 Reddit, 0.1 Bluesky, 0.0 Mastodon, and 0.4 GitHub mentions.

Media Mentions

No media coverage found for this CVE.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.

Remediation

Remediation records are not available for this CVE.

References

archives.neohapsis.com / archives/bugtraq/2001-10/0082.html
ipswitch.com / Support/IMail/news.html
securityfocus.com / bid/3432