CVE-2001-0692 describes a vulnerability in the SMTP proxy of WatchGuard Firebox 2500 and 4500 (versions 4.5 and 4.6). A remote attacker can bypass firewall filtering by sending a base64 MIME encoded email attachment with a boundary name ending in two dashes. This vulnerability carries a high CVSS score of 7.5, indicating a network-based attack with low complexity that could lead to partial compromise of confidentiality, integrity, and availability. There is no evidence of active exploitation, publicly available exploit code, or significant community discussion surrounding this CVE.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
4.5CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:h:watchguard:firebox_2500:4.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
4.6CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:h:watchguard:firebox_2500:4.6:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
4.5CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:h:watchguard:firebox_4500:4.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
4.6CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:h:watchguard:firebox_4500:4.6:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 2.0
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
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