The default configuration of University of Washington IMAP daemon (wu-imapd), when running on a system that does not allow shell access, allows a local user with a valid IMAP account to read arbitrary files as that user
Published Jun 21, 2005
2.1
LOWCVSS 2.0
EPSS 0.34%
Description
The default configuration of University of Washington IMAP daemon (wu-imapd), when running on a system that does not allow shell access, allows a local user with a valid IMAP account to read arbitrary files as that user.
Affected products
No data.
- 2001.0a
No data.
No Red Hat product state for this CVE.
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 | 0.34% (0.00345) | 25.56th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Jun 15, 2026 | 0.34% (0.00345) | 26.08th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Mar 17, 2025 | 0.08% (0.00078) | 20.72th | 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 (5)
- http://online.securityfocus.com/archive/1/275127 mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQ
- http://www.security.nnov.ru/advisories/courier.asp x_refsource_MISCVendor Advisory
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/4909 vdb-entryx_refsource_BID
- http://www.washington.edu/imap/IMAP-FAQs/index.html#5.1 x_refsource_CONFIRM
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/9238 vdb-entryx_refsource_XF
| Link | Providers | Tags |
|---|---|---|
| http://online.securityfocus.com/archive/1/275127 | mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQ | |
| http://www.security.nnov.ru/advisories/courier.asp | x_refsource_MISCVendor Advisory | |
| http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/4909 | vdb-entryx_refsource_BID | |
| http://www.washington.edu/imap/IMAP-FAQs/index.html#5.1 | x_refsource_CONFIRM | |
| https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/9238 | vdb-entryx_refsource_XF |
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