mailman: Local users able to read private mailing list archives
Published Apr 2, 2003
2.1
LOWCVSS 2.0
EPSS 0.43%
Description
Pipermail in Mailman stores private mail messages with predictable filenames in a world-executable directory, which allows local users to read private mailing list archives.
Affected products
No data.
No data.
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6
mailman-3:2.1.12-25.el6
Fixed · RHSA-2015:1417
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4
mailman
Will not fix
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5
mailman
Will not fix
| Product | Package | State | Advisory |
|---|---|---|---|
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 | mailman-3:2.1.12-25.el6 | Fixed | RHSA-2015:1417 |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4 | mailman | Will not fix | n/a |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 | mailman | Will not fix | n/a |
No package ranges for this CVE.
Remediation
No remediation recorded yet.
Metrics
No CVSS v4.0 score for this CVE.
No CVSS v3.1 score for this CVE.
No CVSS v3.0 score for this CVE.
AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N
This CVE is not in the KEV list.
No CISA SSVC assessment for this CVE yet.
Estimated probability of exploitation in the wild in the next 30 days (FIRST EPSS). As of Oct 1, 2026.
Score over time
2022–2026- EPSS v2
- EPSS v3
- EPSS v4
- EPSS v5
Percentile over time
- EPSS v2
- EPSS v3
- EPSS v4
- EPSS v5
Table of values (9 key points)
Flat stretches are collapsed; showing up to 120 newest points.
| Date | Score | Percentile | Model |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 1, 2026 | 0.43% (0.00430) | 34.91th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Jun 15, 2026 | 0.43% (0.00430) | 34.11th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Mar 17, 2025 | 0.13% (0.00131) | 30.21th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Dec 12, 2024 | 0.04% (0.00042) | 5.07th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 7, 2023 | 0.04% (0.00042) | 5.63th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 6, 2023 | 0.95% (0.00950) | 32.28th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Sep 10, 2022 | 0.95% (0.00950) | 30.63th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Apr 1, 2022 | 0.95% (0.00950) | 28.61th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Feb 4, 2022 | 0.95% (0.00950) | 13.46th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
No CWE recorded.
References (9)
- http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=101902003314968&w=2 mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQ
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2015-1417.html vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHAT
- http://sourceforge.net/tracker/?func=detail&atid=100103&aid=474616&group_id=103 x_refsource_MISC
- http://www.iss.net/security_center/static/8874.php vdb-entryx_refsource_XF
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/4538 vdb-entryx_refsource_BID
- https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2002-0389 Vendor Advisory
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=723584 Issue Tracking
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2002-0389
- https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2002-0389
| Link | Providers | Tags |
|---|---|---|
| http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=101902003314968&w=2 | mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQ | |
| http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2015-1417.html | vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHAT | |
| http://sourceforge.net/tracker/?func=detail&atid=100103&aid=474616&group_id=103 | x_refsource_MISC | |
| http://www.iss.net/security_center/static/8874.php | vdb-entryx_refsource_XF | |
| http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/4538 | vdb-entryx_refsource_BID | |
| https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2002-0389 | Vendor Advisory | |
| https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=723584 | Issue Tracking | |
| https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2002-0389 | ||
| https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2002-0389 |
Change history (0)
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