CVE-2002-2351
Eudora 5.1 allows remote attackers to bypass security warnings and possibly execute arbitrary code via attachments with names containing a trailing "." (dot).
Does this matter?
2 public exploits are published in Exploit-DB (verified), so the technical barrier is gone even though the severity is medium and EPSS is 2.6%. Treat it as high on anything reachable from the internet.
Description
Eudora 5.1 allows remote attackers to bypass security warnings and possibly execute arbitrary code via attachments with names containing a trailing "." (dot).
- CVSS 2.0
- 6.4 MEDIUMAV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:N
- EPSS
- 2.65% probability · 85th percentile
- Public exploits
- 2 in Exploit-DB · verified · first 8 August 2002
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Weakness
- CWE-22
- Affected
- qualcomm/eudora
- Source
- cve@mitre.org
EPSS 2.6% since 26 October 2026; no change recorded yet. Points are recorded when the score first appears and whenever it moves by a percentage point or more.
Public exploits (2)
Entries in Exploit-DB that cite this CVE. Links go to the Exploit-DB page and to the file in the public repository; nothing is hosted here. A verified tick means the Exploit-DB team confirmed the exploit works against the stated version.
References
- http://cert.uni-stuttgart.de/archive/bugtraq/2002/08/msg00142.html
- http://www.eudora.com/download/eudora/windows/5.2/RelNotes.txt
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/5432Exploit
- http://cert.uni-stuttgart.de/archive/bugtraq/2002/08/msg00142.html
- http://www.eudora.com/download/eudora/windows/5.2/RelNotes.txt
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/5432Exploit
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA, exploits from Exploit-DB. Refreshed daily. Download this record as JSON.