CVE-2001-0692

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Published Mar 9, 2002 CVSS 2.0 · 7.5 High EPSS 1.8% KEV · Not listed

Description

SMTP proxy in WatchGuard Firebox (2500 and 4500) 4.5 and 4.6 allows a remote attacker to bypass firewall filtering via a base64 MIME encoded email attachment whose boundary name ends in two dashes.

Affected Products

Default status is the baseline for the product, each version can override it (e.g. patched versions marked unaffected).

Vendor Product Default status Versions

n/a

n/a

affected

Version	Status	Constraints
`n/a`	affected	—

Configuration 1 [-]

OR	cpe:2.3:h:watchguard:firebox_2500:4.5:::::::*
	cpe:2.3:h:watchguard:firebox_2500:4.6:::::::*
	cpe:2.3:h:watchguard:firebox_4500:4.5:::::::*
	cpe:2.3:h:watchguard:firebox_4500:4.6:::::::*

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Remediation

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Tracking

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Advisories

Source	ID	Title
EUVD	EUVD-2001-0678	SMTP proxy in WatchGuard Firebox (2500 and 4500) 4.5 and 4.6 allows a remote attacker to bypass firewall filtering via a base64 MIME encoded email attachment whose boundary name ends in two dashes.

Metrics

No CVSS v4.0

No CVSS v3.1

No CVSS v3.0

Access Vector Network

Access Complexity Low

Authentication None

Confidentiality Impact Partial

Integrity Impact Partial

Availability Impact Partial

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

Exploit prediction score: 1.8% (1.786% probability within 30 days)

Key SSVC decision points have not yet been added.

References

Link	Providers
http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=99379787421319&w=2
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/189783
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/2855
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/6682

History

No history.

Subscriptions

Watchguard Firebox 2500 Firebox 4500

Weaknesses

NVD-CWE-Other

Sources

CVE record Updated: Aug 8, 2024, 4:30 AM

Status: PUBLISHED
Assigner: mitre
Published: Mar 9, 2002, 5:00 AM
Updated: Aug 8, 2024, 4:30 AM
Reserved: Aug 29, 2001, 12:00 AM

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NVD Updated: Jun 16, 2026, 9:54 PM

Status: Modified
Published: Sep 20, 2001, 4:00 AM
Modified: Jun 16, 2026, 9:54 PM

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