THREATPORT/VULNERABILITY/CVE-2002-0996
HIGH SEVERITY

CVE-2002-0996

Netmail vulnerability

CVSS
7.5
EPSS
3.5%
EPSS pct
88th
Exploited
No known
Multiple buffer overflows in Novell NetMail (NIMS) 3.0.3 before 3.0.3C allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service and possibly execute arbitrary code via (1) WebAdmin or (2) ModWeb.
Affected vendor
Novell
Affected product
Netmail
CVSS vector
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
Published
2002-10-04

Risk analysis

Based on its CVSS vector, this vulnerability is exploitable over the network, low attack complexity, requiring no authentication. Successful exploitation leads to partial impact to confidentiality, partial impact to integrity, partial impact to availability.

Its EPSS score of 3.5% reflects a lower probability of exploitation activity in the wild over the next 30 days, placing it above 88% of all scored CVEs.

Check your external exposure to CVE-2002-0996

  • Confirm whether Novell Netmail is running on any internet-facing host or subdomain.
  • Match discovered service fingerprints against the version affected by CVE-2002-0996.
  • Prioritise remediation if the asset is public, business-critical, or near authentication/payment flows.

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