CVE-2002-2202

13
FAUCET Score

CVE-2002-2202 describes a privacy vulnerability in Microsoft Outlook Express 6.0 where deleted emails remain accessible within .dbx files, even after the "Deleted Items" folder is emptied. This allows local authenticated users to read other users' email. The vulnerability has a low CVSS score of 3.8 due to its local attack vector and high attack complexity, with the primary impact being a complete loss of confidentiality. There is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code, or significant community discussion or media coverage surrounding this older vulnerability.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
6.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:outlook_express:6.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 2.0

3.8LOW

AV:L/AC:H/Au:S/C:C/I:N/A:N

Confidentiality Impact
COMPLETE
Integrity Impact
NONE
Availability Impact
NONE
Access Vector
LOCAL
Access Complexity
HIGH
Authentication
SINGLE
Exploitability Score
1.5
Impact Score
6.9
CvssVersion
2.0

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
1.29%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
67.3%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-25
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0129 is in the 98th percentile among its peer group of 223 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 0.2 GitHub mentions.

Media Mentions

No media coverage found for this CVE.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.1 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.

Remediation

Remediation records are not available for this CVE.

References