CVE-2002-0285

View on CVE.org

Published May 3, 2002 CVSS 2.0 · 7.5 High EPSS 12.3% KEV · Not listed

Description

Outlook Express 5.5 and 6.0 on Windows treats a carriage return ("CR") in a message header as if it were a valid carriage return/line feed combination (CR/LF), which could allow remote attackers to bypass virus protection and or other filtering mechanisms via a mail message with headers that only contain the CR, which causes Outlook to create separate headers.

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:a:microsoft:outlook_express:5.5:::::::*
	cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:outlook_express:6.0:::::::*

No data.

No data available yet.

Remediation

No solution or workaround provided in the CVE record

Tracking

Sign in to view the affected projects.

Advisories

Source	ID	Title
EUVD	EUVD-2002-0282	Outlook Express 5.5 and 6.0 on Windows treats a carriage return ("CR") in a message header as if it were a valid carriage return/line feed combination (CR/LF), which could allow remote attackers to bypass virus protection and or other filtering mechanisms via a mail message with headers that only contain the CR, which causes Outlook to create separate headers.

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: 12.3% (12.316% probability within 30 days)

Key SSVC decision points have not yet been added.

References

Link	Providers
http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=101362077701164&w=2
http://www.iss.net/security_center/static/8198.php
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/4092

History

No history.

Subscriptions

Microsoft Outlook Express

Weaknesses

NVD-CWE-Other

Sources

CVE record Updated: Aug 8, 2024, 2:42 AM

Status: PUBLISHED
Assigner: mitre
Published: May 3, 2002, 4:00 AM
Updated: Aug 8, 2024, 2:42 AM
Reserved: May 1, 2002, 12:00 AM

View source JSON

Vulnrichment No data

No data.

NVD Updated: Jun 16, 2026, 9:57 PM

Status: Modified
Published: May 31, 2002, 4:00 AM
Modified: Jun 16, 2026, 9:57 PM

View source JSON

Red Hat No data

No data.

OpenCVE enrichment No data

No data.

{"containers": {"cna": {"affected": [{"product": "n/a", "vendor": "n/a", "versions": [{"status": "affected", "version": "n/a"}]}], "datePublic": "2002-02-12T00:00:00.000Z", "descriptions": [{"lang": "en", "value": "Outlook Express 5.5 and 6.0 on Windows treats a carriage return (\"CR\") in a message header as if it were a valid carriage return/line feed combination (CR/LF), which could allow remote attackers to bypass virus protection and or other filtering mechanisms via a mail message with headers that only contain the CR, which causes Outlook to create separate headers."}], "problemTypes": [{"descriptions": [{"description": "n/a", "lang": "en", "type": "text"}]}], "providerMetadata": {"dateUpdated": "2016-10-17T13:57:01.000Z", "orgId": "8254265b-2729-46b6-b9e3-3dfca2d5bfca", "shortName": "mitre"}, "references": [{"name": "outlook-express-return-bypass(8198)", "tags": ["vdb-entry", "x_refsource_XF"], "url": "http://www.iss.net/security_center/static/8198.php"}, {"name": "4092", "tags": ["vdb-entry", "x_refsource_BID"], "url": "http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/4092"}, {"name": "20020212 Outlook will see non-existing attachments", "tags": ["mailing-list", "x_refsource_BUGTRAQ"], "url": "http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=101362077701164&w=2"}], "x_legacyV4Record": {"CVE_data_meta": {"ASSIGNER": "cve@mitre.org", "ID": "CVE-2002-0285", "STATE": "PUBLIC"}, "affects": {"vendor": {"vendor_data": [{"product": {"product_data": [{"product_name": "n/a", "version": {"version_data": [{"version_value": "n/a"}]}}]}, "vendor_name": "n/a"}]}}, "data_format": "MITRE", "data_type": "CVE", "data_version": "4.0", "description": {"description_data": [{"lang": "eng", "value": "Outlook Express 5.5 and 6.0 on Windows treats a carriage return (\"CR\") in a message header as if it were a valid carriage return/line feed combination (CR/LF), which could allow remote attackers to bypass virus protection and or other filtering mechanisms via a mail message with headers that only contain the CR, which causes Outlook to create separate headers."}]}, "problemtype": {"problemtype_data": [{"description": [{"lang": "eng", "value": "n/a"}]}]}, "references": {"reference_data": [{"name": "outlook-express-return-bypass(8198)", "refsource": "XF", "url": "http://www.iss.net/security_center/static/8198.php"}, {"name": "4092", "refsource": "BID", "url": "http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/4092"}, {"name": "20020212 Outlook will see non-existing attachments", "refsource": "BUGTRAQ", "url": "http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=101362077701164&w=2"}]}}}, "adp": [{"providerMetadata": {"orgId": "af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108", "shortName": "CVE", "dateUpdated": "2024-08-08T02:42:28.861Z"}, "title": "CVE Program Container", "references": [{"name": "outlook-express-return-bypass(8198)", "tags": ["vdb-entry", "x_refsource_XF", "x_transferred"], "url": "http://www.iss.net/security_center/static/8198.php"}, {"name": "4092", "tags": ["vdb-entry", "x_refsource_BID", "x_transferred"], "url": "http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/4092"}, {"name": "20020212 Outlook will see non-existing attachments", "tags": ["mailing-list", "x_refsource_BUGTRAQ", "x_transferred"], "url": "http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=101362077701164&w=2"}]}]}, "cveMetadata": {"assignerOrgId": "8254265b-2729-46b6-b9e3-3dfca2d5bfca", "assignerShortName": "mitre", "cveId": "CVE-2002-0285", "datePublished": "2002-05-03T04:00:00.000Z", "dateReserved": "2002-05-01T00:00:00.000Z", "dateUpdated": "2024-08-08T02:42:28.861Z", "state": "PUBLISHED"}, "dataType": "CVE_RECORD", "dataVersion": "5.1"}

{"affected": [{"affectedData": [{"product": "n/a", "vendor": "n/a", "versions": [{"status": "affected", "version": "n/a"}]}], "source": "cve@mitre.org"}], "configurations": [{"nodes": [{"cpeMatch": [{"criteria": "cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:outlook_express:5.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:*", "matchCriteriaId": "57C8ACA2-A3C6-4435-9C0C-B316879FE1FA", "vulnerable": true}, {"criteria": "cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:outlook_express:6.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*", "matchCriteriaId": "85FD3557-956D-4A96-8AA5-5FD9DB87FD11", "vulnerable": true}], "negate": false, "operator": "OR"}]}], "cveTags": [], "descriptions": [{"lang": "en", "value": "Outlook Express 5.5 and 6.0 on Windows treats a carriage return (\"CR\") in a message header as if it were a valid carriage return/line feed combination (CR/LF), which could allow remote attackers to bypass virus protection and or other filtering mechanisms via a mail message with headers that only contain the CR, which causes Outlook to create separate headers."}, {"lang": "es", "value": "Outlook Express 5.5 y 6.0 en Windows trata un retorno de carro (CR) en una cabecera de mensaje como si fuera una combinaci\u00f3n v\u00e1lida retorno de carro/avance de l\u00ednea (CR/LF), lo que podr\u00eda permitir a atacantes remotos evitar la protecci\u00f3n contra virus y/o otros mecanismos de filtrado mediante correos con cabeceras que s\u00f3lo contienen el CR, lo que hace que Outlook cree cabeceras separadas."}], "id": "CVE-2002-0285", "lastModified": "2026-06-16T21:57:08.740", "metrics": {"cvssMetricV2": [{"acInsufInfo": false, "baseSeverity": "HIGH", "cvssData": {"accessComplexity": "LOW", "accessVector": "NETWORK", "authentication": "NONE", "availabilityImpact": "PARTIAL", "baseScore": 7.5, "confidentialityImpact": "PARTIAL", "integrityImpact": "PARTIAL", "vectorString": "AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P", "version": "2.0"}, "exploitabilityScore": 10.0, "impactScore": 6.4, "obtainAllPrivilege": false, "obtainOtherPrivilege": true, "obtainUserPrivilege": false, "source": "nvd@nist.gov", "type": "Primary", "userInteractionRequired": false}]}, "published": "2002-05-31T04:00:00.000", "references": [{"source": "cve@mitre.org", "url": "http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=101362077701164&w=2"}, {"source": "cve@mitre.org", "url": "http://www.iss.net/security_center/static/8198.php"}, {"source": "cve@mitre.org", "url": "http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/4092"}, {"source": "af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108", "url": "http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=101362077701164&w=2"}, {"source": "af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108", "url": "http://www.iss.net/security_center/static/8198.php"}, {"source": "af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108", "url": "http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/4092"}], "sourceIdentifier": "cve@mitre.org", "vulnStatus": "Modified", "weaknesses": [{"description": [{"lang": "en", "value": "NVD-CWE-Other"}], "source": "nvd@nist.gov", "type": "Primary"}]}