CVE-2002-0440

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Published Jun 11, 2002 CVSS 2.0 · 7.5 High EPSS 2.6% KEV · Not listed

Description

Trend Micro InterScan VirusWall HTTP proxy 3.6 with the "Skip scanning if Content-length equals 0" option enabled allows malicious web servers to bypass content scanning via a Content-length header set to 0, which is often ignored by HTTP clients.

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:trend_micro:interscan_viruswall:3.6:::::::*
	cpe:2.3:a:trend_micro:interscan_viruswall:3.51:::::::*

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Remediation

No solution or workaround provided in the CVE record

Tracking

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Advisories

Source	ID	Title
EUVD	EUVD-2002-0437	Trend Micro InterScan VirusWall HTTP proxy 3.6 with the "Skip scanning if Content-length equals 0" option enabled allows malicious web servers to bypass content scanning via a Content-length header set to 0, which is often ignored by HTTP clients.

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: 2.6% (2.618% probability within 30 days)

Key SSVC decision points have not yet been added.

References

Link	Providers
http://seclists.org/lists/bugtraq/2002/Mar/0162.html
http://www.inside-security.de/vwall_cl0.html
http://www.iss.net/security_center/static/8425.php
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/4265

History

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Subscriptions

Trend Micro Interscan Viruswall

Weaknesses

NVD-CWE-Other

Sources

CVE record Updated: Aug 8, 2024, 2:49 AM

Status: PUBLISHED
Assigner: mitre
Published: Jun 11, 2002, 4:00 AM
Updated: Aug 8, 2024, 2:49 AM
Reserved: Jun 7, 2002, 12:00 AM

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

Status: Modified
Published: Jul 26, 2002, 4:00 AM
Modified: Jun 16, 2026, 9:57 PM

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