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CVE-2002-1539

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FAUCET Score

CVE-2002-1539 describes a buffer overflow vulnerability in the MDaemon POP server, specifically versions 6.0.7 and earlier. This flaw allows remote authenticated users to trigger a denial of service by supplying excessively long DELE or UIDL arguments. The vulnerability has a CVSS score of 5.0, indicating a medium severity, with a network attack vector, low attack complexity, and potential for partial availability impact. While not observed in active exploitation (KEV list), public exploit code exists on ExploitDB, though there is minimal community discussion or media coverage surrounding this CVE.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
6.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:alt-n:mdaemon:6.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
6.0.5CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:alt-n:mdaemon:6.0.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
6.0.6CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:alt-n:mdaemon:6.0.6:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
6.0.7CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:alt-n:mdaemon:6.0.7:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 2.0

5.0MEDIUM

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

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

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
3.21%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
86.8%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-27
Model: v2026.06.15
ExploitDB: EDB-21965 · Oct 28, 2002
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0321 is in the 82nd percentile among its peer group of 23,703 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/2002-10/0382.html
ExploitVendor Advisory
iss.net / security_center/static/10488.php
Vendor Advisory
securityfocus.com / bid/6053
ExploitPatchVendor Advisory