CVE-2002-2228 describes a bypass vulnerability in MailScanner versions prior to 4.0 5-1 and 3.2 6-1. Remote attackers could circumvent MailScanner's protection by using malformed attachment filenames containing leading/trailing spaces or alternate character encodings. This vulnerability has a CVSS score of 6.4, indicating a medium severity with low attack complexity and potential for partial confidentiality and integrity impact, without requiring authentication. There is no evidence of active exploitation, publicly available exploit code, or significant community discussion surrounding this older vulnerability.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
<= 3.2_6-1CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:mailscanner:mailscanner:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
<= 4.0_4-1CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:mailscanner:mailscanner:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 2.0
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:N
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