CVE-2002-1997

CVE-2002-1997 describes a vulnerability in ZoneAlarm Pro 3.0 MailSafe where remote attackers can bypass email attachment filtering and potentially execute arbitrary code. This is achieved by including a trailing dot after the file extension in an attachment. With a CVSS score of 7.5, this vulnerability is considered high severity, requiring no authentication and having low attack complexity, potentially leading to partial confidentiality, integrity, and availability impacts. While there is no known active exploitation, public exploit code, or Metasploit/Nuclei modules, the vulnerability has garnered significant community discussion with 10 mentions, indicating awareness despite no media coverage.