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CVE-2004-2088
Sophos Anti-Virus 3.78 allows remote attackers to bypass virus scanning by using a qmail generated Delivery Status Notification (DSN)…
Medium5.0EPSS 6.7%
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Description
Sophos Anti-Virus 3.78 allows remote attackers to bypass virus scanning by using a qmail generated Delivery Status Notification (DSN) where the original email is not included in the bounce message.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| NVDNVD · Modified | 2.0 | Medium5.0 | AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 6.7% · top 6.0% of all CVEs (6 Nov 2026)
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The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: Medium 5.0.
Weakness
- n/a
Affected products
n/a
- affected n/a
References (5)
- 1009042 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACKx_transferred
- 10855 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- sophos-email-virus-undetected(15192) (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_XFx_transferred
- http://www.sophos.com/support/news/#mime-378 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- 9650 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDx_transferred
Sources
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- CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)
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