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CVE-2004-0161
Multiple content security gateway and antivirus products allow remote attackers to bypass content restrictions via MIME messages that use…
High7.5EPSS 2.4%
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Description
Multiple content security gateway and antivirus products allow remote attackers to bypass content restrictions via MIME messages that use RFC2231 encoding, which may be interpreted differently by mail clients.
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)
- 2.4% · top 16% 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
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- affected n/a
References (3)
- 20040914 Corsaire Security Advisory - Multiple vendor MIME RFC2231 encoding issue (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQx_transferred
- http://www.uniras.gov.uk/vuls/2004/380375/mime.htm (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
- mime-tools-parameter-encoding(9274) (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_XFx_transferred
Sources
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- CVE.org record (opens in a new tab)
- CVE List JSON (GitHub) (opens in a new tab)
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- 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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