Directory traversal vulnerability in the Webmail interface in SurgeMail 2.2g3 allows remote authenticated users to write arbitrary files or
Directory traversal vulnerability in the Webmail interface in SurgeMail 2.2g3 allows remote authenticated users to write arbitrary files or directories via a .. (dot dot) in the attach_id parameter.
- Published
- May 2, 2005
- Updated
- Jun 16, 2026
- EPSS
- 1.6% · 75th percentile
- CWE
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Report tools
Action score
20
Monitor
Low priority for now.
- CVSS
- 20 / 40 · 5.0 / 10
- CISA KEV
- 0 / 30 · Not listed
- EPSS
- 0 / 30 · 1.6%
Affected systems
| Vendor | Product | CPE |
|---|---|---|
| netwin | surgemail | cpe:2.3:a:netwin:surgemail |
Same product
netwin: all recordsOther highest-scoring records for the same primary product.
- CVE-2004-2537Unspecified vulnerability in SurgeMail before 2.2c10 has unknown impact and attack vectors, related to a "Webmail security bug."41Plan
- CVE-2007-4372Unspecified vulnerability in NetWin SurgeMail 38k on Windows Server 2003 has unknown impact and remote attack vectors.40Plan
- CVE-2008-1497Stack-based buffer overflow in the IMAP service in NetWin SurgeMail 38k4-4 and earlier allows remote authenticated users to execute arbitrar38Monitor
- CVE-2008-1498Stack-based buffer overflow in the IMAP service in NetWin Surgemail 3.8k4-4 and earlier allows remote authenticated users to execute arbitra38Monitor
- CVE-2008-1055Format string vulnerability in webmail.exe in NetWin SurgeMail 38k4 and earlier and beta 39a, and WebMail 3.1s and earlier, allows remote at32Monitor
- CVE-2007-2655Unspecified vulnerability in NetWin Webmail 3.1s-1 in SurgeMail before 3.8i2 has unknown impact and remote attack vectors, possibly a format31Monitor
Remediation
Which version to upgrade to
Fix versions compiled from the vendor, package registries and Microsoft. Verify the vendor's note before upgrading.
No fix version is recorded for this entry. Check the references for vendor advisories.
Exploit status
No known public exploit
No public exploit has been observed yet. That doesn't mean you're safe, only that the bar is a little higher.
Research context
For pentesters and researchers: attack profile, score disagreement, timeline, patch commits, credits, variant and chain candidates, bug bounty scope. All derived from existing data; no exploit code.
Timeline
From publication to today: proof of concept, Metasploit module, CISA KEV and fix record. Dates are as reported by the sources.
No dated events beyond publication.
FIRST EPSS daily score; only changes of 0.01 or more are recorded (step chart).
Patch and commit links
Commit, PR and diff links among the references. A starting point for patch-diffing and variant hunting; fixes, not exploits.
No commit or PR link among the references.
Credits
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No credits in the CNA record.
Variant candidates
Same product, same weakness class, within 18 months. If the patch missed the root cause, the sibling bug is here.
No nightly-computed relations.
Chain candidates
An authentication bypass and a privilege-requiring bug in the same product, published close together: combined they may become an unauthenticated path.
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Bug bounty scope
No known public program.
Source: bounty-targets-data (public HackerOne, Bugcrowd, Intigriti, YesWeHack listings).
Technical details
Attack conditions
- No special conditions are required; it is repeatable.
If successful
- Confidentiality
- none
- Integrity
- P · data or configuration can be modified
- Availability
- none
- Attack complexity
- Low
- Confidentiality impact
- None
- Integrity impact
- P
- Availability impact
- None
Weakness class (CWE)
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CVSS vector
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N
nvd-primary
Attack context
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MITRE has no CAPEC/ATT&CK mapping for this CWE.
Noroxi analysis
No Noroxi analysis for this record yet
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No changes recorded on tracked fields yet. Score, KEV, exploit maturity and fix status changes appear here.
References
- marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=111159967417903&w=2
- netwinsite.com/cgi/dnewsweb.cgi?cmd=article&group=netwin.surgemail&item=8814&utag=
- secunia.com/advisories/14658
- www.security.org.sg/vuln/surgemail22g3.html
Vendor advisories and official records. Exploit/PoC links are deliberately left out.