CVE-2002-1121

Published Sep 14, 2002 CVSS 2.0 · 7.5 High EPSS 6.7% KEV · Not listed
Description
SMTP content filter engines, including (1) GFI MailSecurity for Exchange/SMTP before 7.2, (2) InterScan VirusWall before 3.52 build 1494, (3) the default configuration of MIMEDefang before 2.21, and possibly other products, do not detect fragmented emails as defined in RFC2046 ("Message Fragmentation and Reassembly") and supported in such products as Outlook Express, which allows remote attackers to bypass content filtering, including virus checking, via fragmented emails of the message/partial content type.

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Source ID Title
EUVD EUVD EUVD-2002-1109 SMTP content filter engines, including (1) GFI MailSecurity for Exchange/SMTP before 7.2, (2) InterScan VirusWall before 3.52 build 1494, (3) the default configuration of MIMEDefang before 2.21, and possibly other products, do not detect fragmented emails as defined in RFC2046 ("Message Fragmentation and Reassembly") and supported in such products as Outlook Express, which allows remote attackers to bypass content filtering, including virus checking, via fragmented emails of the message/partial content type.
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Status
PUBLISHED
Assigner
mitre
Published
Updated
Aug 8, 2024, 3:12 AM
Reserved
Sep 11, 2002, 12:00 AM
Status
Modified
Published
Sep 24, 2002, 4:00 AM
Modified
Jun 16, 2026, 9:58 PM