CVE-2002-1527 Information disclosure in n/a

Medium 5.0 Published 18 Mar 2003 Updated 8 Aug 2024

Remote attackers can determine the full pathname of emumail.cgi via a malformed string causing a regex error, exposing internal file paths.

Exploited in the wild: Not known
Login needed: Not needed
Attackable: Over the internet
Victim action needed: Not needed
Fix: None listed

What is CVE-2002-1527?

CVE-2002-1527 is a medium-severity vulnerability in n/a, published on 18 Mar 2003. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.

Official description

emumail.cgi in EMU Webmail 5.0 allows remote attackers to determine the full pathname for emumail.cgi via a malformed string containing script, which generates a regular expression matching error that includes the pathname in the resulting error message.

Which versions are affected by CVE-2002-1527?

It affects 1 product.

Products include Emumail Emu Webmail.

How do I fix CVE-2002-1527?

No fix has been published for CVE-2002-1527 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

Is CVE-2002-1527 being exploited?

It is not confirmed as exploited in the wild, but public exploit code for CVE-2002-1527 exists.

Public exploit code: 1 Exploit-DB entry.

Sources

Also known as GHSA-hm6h-57rh-j5fx.