CVE-2002-1582

CRITICAL 10.0CVE-2002-1582 · Published 06/12/2004 · updated 16/06/2026

In short

CVE-2002-1582 is a CRITICAL (CVSS 10.0) vulnerability affecting mailreader.com (mailreader.com).
Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days (EPSS): 3.6%, higher than 89.6% of all vulnerabilities.
No patched version is listed yet: follow the vendor's advisory in References.

Package	Affected versions	Patched versions
mailreader.com mailreader.com	`= 2.3.30= 2.3.31`	No fix yet

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.

References

iss.net/security_center/static/10491.php · Patch
mailreader.com/download/ChangeLog · Vendor Advisory
securityfocus.com/archive/1/297428 · Exploit
securityfocus.com/bid/6058 · Patch

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