Vulnerability in Incredimail

CVE-2001-0642

Directory traversal vulnerability in IncrediMail version 1400185 and earlier allows local users to overwrite files on the local hard drive by appending .. (dot dot) sequences to filenames listed in the content.ini file.

Published 2001-09-20 · last modified 2026-06-16.

CVSS v2 metric

CVSS v2 base score 2.1 (Low). Vector: AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N. This CVE predates CVSS v3 and has no v3 score from NVD.

EPSS exploit prediction

EPSS: 0.005 (39.8th percentile), scored 2026-09-29.

Very low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days; routine patching cadence is appropriate. 40th percentile — 39.8% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.

EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.005 · newest: 0.005 · change: 0.000

Affected products

Incredimail

References

archives.neohapsis.com/archives/bugtraq/2001-05/0078.html (Vendor Advisory, mailing-list, Exploit)
exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/6529 (vdb-entry)