CVE-2001-1282
Official description Straight from the sourceThe vendor's or NVD's own wording, published unedited. Authoritative, but often terse — it says what broke, rarely what to do.
NVD · uneditedIpswitch IMail 7.04 and earlier records the physical path of attachments in an e-mail message header, which could allow remote attackers to obtain potentially sensitive configuration information.
Technical summary Written by usOur analysis, written from the advisory, the CVSS vector and the affected-version data. It adds context the advisory leaves out, and never invents facts that are not in the source.
dbcve analysis · high confidenceIpswitch IMail versions 7.04 and earlier include the physical server file path of email attachments directly in the message headers. When attachments are processed, the server writes the full filesystem path (e.g., /var/spool/imail/attachments/file.dat) to metadata headers visible in the email, exposing server configuration details to remote attackers.
Verify against the referenced sources before acting — the references below are authoritative for this CVE, this summary is not.
Affected products & versions What the vendor confirmedThe version ranges the vendor confirmed as vulnerable. If your version sits inside a range here, treat yourself as exposed until you have upgraded.
NVD · CPE data= 6.0.2= 6.0.6= 7.0.4CVSS breakdown How the score is builtThe industry scoring standard. It rates how the flaw is reached, what it takes to exploit, and what an attacker gains — the score is derived from those, not the other way round.
From the vector- Attack vector
- Network
- Complexity
- Low
- Authentication
- None
- Confidentiality
- Partial
- Integrity
- None
- Availability
- None
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N
Am I affected? How to checkSteps we derive from the advisory and the affected-version data, so you can decide whether this CVE reaches your setup. They are a guide, not a scan — your own configuration is the authority.
dbcve checksWork through these to decide whether this CVE applies to you.
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Identify Ipswitch IMail installation and versionCheck the installed version of Ipswitch IMail by querying the IMail service or checking the software version in Programs and Features (Windows) or via command: imail -v, or locate the imailsrv.exe file and check its version propertiesAffected if The installed version is 7.04 or earlier, or specifically 6.0.2, 6.0.6, or 7.0.4
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Verify attachment processing is enabledConfirm that the Ipswitch IMail server has the attachment handling feature active. Check if the attachments directory is configured in the IMail administration console or in the imail.cfg configuration fileAffected if Attachment processing is enabled and the server handles email attachments
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Inspect email message headers for path exposureSend a test email with an attachment through the IMail server, then retrieve the raw message headers (using a mail client or POP3/IMAP command like RETR). Examine headers for occurrences of local filesystem paths such as /var/spool/imail/attachments/ or C:\imail\attachments\Affected if Message headers contain physical server file paths (e.g., /var/spool/imail/attachments/filename) indicating the server is exposing internal path information in email metadata
A system is affected if it runs Ipswitch IMail version 7.04 or earlier and the server is exposing physical file paths of attachments in outgoing email message headers visible to recipients.
Generated from the published advisory. Verify against your own configuration.
Remediation Closing itWhat it takes to close this. Where a vendor fix exists we point at it; where none exists we say so plainly, and can build one. Effort estimates are scoped from the advisory, not from your codebase.
From vendor dataUpgrade to a patched version of Ipswitch IMail beyond 7.04, or implement header sanitization/proxy filtering to strip physical path information from outgoing email headers before delivery.
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- Review / QA1.0 h
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References Go to the primary sourcePrimary sources — vendor advisories, patches and trackers. Where our summary and a reference disagree, the reference wins.
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ContributedPeer-ranked notes from engineers who’ve handled CVE-2001-1282 in production — separate from our analysis above.
The advisory tells you what broke. It rarely tells you what actually worked. If you’ve dealt with this one, that detail is what the next engineer is searching for.
- The version that genuinely resolved it — not the one the vendor claimed
- A config change or rule that shut the vector down
- A gotcha in the upgrade path that cost you an afternoon
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