CVE-2004-0161 describes a vulnerability in several content security gateway and antivirus products, including Clearswift, F-Secure, and Paul L. Daniels offerings. Remote attackers can bypass content restrictions by crafting MIME messages using RFC2231 encoding, which mail clients may interpret differently than the security products. This vulnerability has a CVSS score of 7.5, indicating high severity with network-based attacks, low complexity, and potential for partial compromise of confidentiality, integrity, and availability. There is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion or media coverage surrounding this CVE.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
4.3.7CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:clearswift:mailsweeper:4.3.7:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
4.3.8CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:clearswift:mailsweeper:4.3.8:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
4.3.10CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:clearswift:mailsweeper:4.3.10:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
4.3.11CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:clearswift:mailsweeper:4.3.11:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
4.3.13CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:clearswift:mailsweeper:4.3.13:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 2.0
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
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Remediation records are not available for this CVE.