CVE-2002-0389 describes a vulnerability in Pipermail, a component of GNU Mailman, where private mailing list archives are stored with predictable filenames in a world-executable directory. This allows local users to read these private messages. The vulnerability has a low CVSS score of 2.1 (AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N), indicating a local attack vector with low complexity and a potential impact of information disclosure. There is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion surrounding this CVE.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
All Versions ImpactedCPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:gnu:mailman:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 2.0
AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N
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