Skip to content
Fencer Vulns
medium 5.1

CVE-2006-2502 json

Stack-based buffer overflow in pop3d in Cyrus IMAPD (cyrus-imapd) 2.3.2, when the popsubfolders option is enabled, allows remote attackers…

published 2006-05-22 20 y ago modified 2026-06-16 4 mo ago also EUVD-2006-2502

cvss
5.1
version 2.0, NVD
cisa kev
Not listed
not in CISA's catalog
epss
54.1%
EPSS 54.1% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 99%
public exploits
4
Metasploit, Exploit-DB

Summary

Stack-based buffer overflow in pop3d in Cyrus IMAPD (cyrus-imapd) 2.3.2, when the popsubfolders option is enabled, allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a long USER command.

Timeline

  1. First public exploit (Metasploit exploit/linux/pop3/cyrus_pop3d_popsubfolders)
  2. Published

Exploit prediction

54.13% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 99% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-08).

Exploits and checks

  • Metasploit exploit/linux/pop3/cyrus_pop3d_popsubfolders Cyrus IMAPD pop3d popsubfolders USER Buffer Overflow metasploit exploit, normal rank, 2006-05-21
  • EDB-16836 Cyrus IMAPD - pop3d popsubfolders USER Buffer Overflow (Metasploit) remote, 2010-04-30
  • EDB-2185 Cyrus IMAPD 2.3.2 - 'pop3d' Remote Buffer Overflow (3) remote, 2006-08-14
  • EDB-1813 Cyrus IMAPD 2.3.2 - 'pop3d' Remote Buffer Overflow (1) remote, 2006-05-21
  • securityfocus.com http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/18056 referenced PoC, tagged "exploit" by a source, unverified
  • archives.neohapsis.com http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/fulldisclosure/2006-05/0527.html referenced PoC, tagged "exploit" by a source, unverified

CVSS scores

assigned by version score vector
NVD 2.0 5.1 AV:N/AC:H/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

References

Sources

Fencer Vulns keeps one entry per vulnerability: the CVE id wins, then GHSA, and records that alias each other are merged, except that two CVEs always keep separate entries. The same data is available as JSON.