CVE-2002-1740: Alt-N MDaemon

Low severity, CVSS 2.1. EPSS: 1.1% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

Buffer overflow in WorldClient.cgi in WorldClient in Alt-N Technologies MDaemon 5.0.5.0 and earlier allows local users to execute arbitrary code via a long folder name (NewFolder parameter).

Affected products

• Alt-N MDaemon: version 5.0 only; version 5.0.1 only; version 5.0.2 only; version 5.0.3 only; version 5.0.4 only; version 5.0.5 only
• Alt-N Worldclient: version 5.0 only

Published 2002-12-31. Last modified 2026-06-16.