CVE-2002-1582 — compose.cgi in Mailreader.com 2.3.30 and 2.3.31, when using Sendmail as the Mail Transfer Agent, allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary commands via shell metacharacters in the RealEmail configuration variable, which is used to call Sendmail in network.cgi

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HIGH

compose.cgi in Mailreader.com 2.3.30 and 2.3.31, when using Sendmail as the Mail Transfer Agent, allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary commands via shell metacharacters in the RealEmail configuration variable, which is used to call Sendmail in network.cgi

Published Jul 6, 2004

10.0

HIGH

CVSS 2.0

EPSS 3.63%

Description

compose.cgi in Mailreader.com 2.3.30 and 2.3.31, when using Sendmail as the Mail Transfer Agent, allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary commands via shell metacharacters in the RealEmail configuration variable, which is used to call Sendmail in network.cgi.

Affected products

Remediation

No remediation recorded yet.

Metrics

3.63% 0.03633

Estimated probability of exploitation in the wild in the next 30 days (FIRST EPSS). As of Oct 1, 2026.

EPSS probability 0.03633

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 (10 key points)

Flat stretches are collapsed; showing up to 120 newest points.

Date	Score	Percentile	Model
Oct 1, 2026	3.63% (0.03633)	89.18th	v5 (v2026.06.15)
Jun 15, 2026	3.63% (0.03633)	88.04th	v5 (v2026.06.15)
Mar 17, 2025	1.48% (0.01482)	79.69th	v4 (v2025.03.14)
Dec 12, 2024	1.42% (0.01417)	87.04th	v3 (v2023.03.01)
Jan 12, 2024	1.42% (0.01417)	85.09th	v3 (v2023.03.01)
Mar 7, 2023	1.00% (0.01003)	81.31th	v3 (v2023.03.01)
Mar 6, 2023	1.21% (0.01213)	66.61th	v2 (v2022.01.01)
Feb 17, 2023	1.21% (0.01213)	66.22th	v2 (v2022.01.01)
Apr 1, 2022	1.21% (0.01213)	64.21th	v2 (v2022.01.01)
Feb 4, 2022	1.21% (0.01213)	40.54th	v2 (v2022.01.01)

Weaknesses (0)

No CWE recorded.

References (4)

http://www.iss.net/security_center/static/10491.php
vdb-entryx_refsource_XFPatchVendor Advisory
http://www.mailreader.com/download/ChangeLog
x_refsource_CONFIRMVendor Advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/297428
mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQExploitPatchVendor Advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/6058
vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDPatchVendor Advisory

Link	Providers	Tags
http://www.iss.net/security_center/static/10491.php		vdb-entryx_refsource_XFPatchVendor Advisory
http://www.mailreader.com/download/ChangeLog		x_refsource_CONFIRMVendor Advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/297428		mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQExploitPatchVendor Advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/6058		vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDPatchVendor Advisory

Change history (0)

No recorded changes yet.

Sources

CVE.org / MITRE

Status PUBLISHED

Assigner mitre

Published Jul 6, 2004

Updated Aug 8, 2024

Reserved Jun 30, 2004

Link CVE-2002-1582

CISA Vulnrichment

Updated n/a

NVD

Status Modified

Modified Jun 16, 2026

Link CVE-2002-1582

Red Hat

Severity n/a

Public date n/a

Links CVE-2002-1582