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CVE-2003-1154
MAILsweeper for SMTP 4.3 allows remote attackers to bypass virus protection via a mail message with a malformed zip attachment, as…
High7.5EPSS 1.7%
- Published
- Updated
- Reserved
- Assigned by
- mitre
Description
MAILsweeper for SMTP 4.3 allows remote attackers to bypass virus protection via a mail message with a malformed zip attachment, as exploited by certain MIMAIL virus variants.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| NVDNVD · Modified | 2.0 | High7.5 | AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 1.7% · top 23% of all CVEs (3 Nov 2026)
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The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: High 7.5.
Weakness
- n/a
Affected products
n/a
- affected n/a
References (5)
- 8982 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDx_transferred
- http://www.computerworld.co.nz/cw.nsf/0/BF9E8E6E2D313E5FCC256DD70016473F?OpenDocument&More= (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
- mailsweeper-zip-virus-bypass(13611) (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_XFx_transferred
- 10148 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- 2772 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_OSVDBx_transferred
Sources
The same CVE in the primary databases and aggregators, to check against.
- CVE.org record (opens in a new tab)
- CVE List JSON (GitHub) (opens in a new tab)
- NVD (opens in a new tab)
- FIRST EPSS (opens in a new tab)
- OSV.dev (opens in a new tab)
- GitHub Advisories (opens in a new tab)
- CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)
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