CVE-2002-2228

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Published Oct 14, 2007 CVSS 2.0 · 6.4 Medium EPSS 1.1% KEV · Not listed

Description

MailScanner before 4.0 5-1 and before 3.2 6-1 allows remote attackers to bypass protection via attachments with a filename with (1) extra leading spaces, (2) extra trailing spaces, or (3) alternate character encodings that cannot be processed by MailScanner.

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:mailscanner:mailscanner::::::::
	cpe:2.3:a:mailscanner:mailscanner::::::::

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Remediation

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Tracking

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Advisories

Source	ID	Title
EUVD	EUVD-2002-2207	MailScanner before 4.0 5-1 and before 3.2 6-1 allows remote attackers to bypass protection via attachments with a filename with (1) extra leading spaces, (2) extra trailing spaces, or (3) alternate character encodings that cannot be processed by MailScanner.

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 None

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

Exploit prediction score: 1.1% (1.124% probability within 30 days)

Key SSVC decision points have not yet been added.

References

Link	Providers
http://www.iss.net/security_center/static/10609.php
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/6148

History

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Subscriptions

Mailscanner Mailscanner

Weaknesses

CWE-20

Sources

CVE record Updated: Sep 17, 2024, 1:05 AM

Status: PUBLISHED
Assigner: mitre
Published: Oct 14, 2007, 8:00 PM
Updated: Sep 17, 2024, 1:05 AM
Reserved: Oct 14, 2007, 12:00 AM

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NVD Updated: Jun 16, 2026, 10:00 PM

Status: Modified
Published: Dec 31, 2002, 5:00 AM
Modified: Jun 16, 2026, 10:00 PM

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