CVE-2004-0052
Multiple content security gateway and antivirus products allow remote attackers to bypass content restrictions via MIME messages that use non-standard separator characters, or use standard separators incorrectly, within MIME headers, fields, parameters,…
Does this matter?
High impact if exploited, but EPSS currently rates exploitation as unlikely (2.38%). Schedule it in the normal patch cycle and watch for a rise in EPSS or a public exploit.
Description
Multiple content security gateway and antivirus products allow remote attackers to bypass content restrictions via MIME messages that use non-standard separator characters, or use standard separators incorrectly, within MIME headers, fields, parameters, or values, which may be interpreted differently by mail clients.
- CVSS 2.0
- 7.5 HIGHAV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
- EPSS
- 2.38% probability · 84th percentile
- Public exploits
- None in Exploit-DB
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Affected
- clearswift/mailsweeper · f-secure/internet gatekeeper · paul l daniels/ripmime
- Source
- cve@mitre.org
EPSS 2.4% 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.
References
- http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=109517669115891&w=2
- http://www.uniras.gov.uk/vuls/2004/380375/mime.htmVendor Advisory
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/17334
- http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=109517669115891&w=2
- http://www.uniras.gov.uk/vuls/2004/380375/mime.htmVendor Advisory
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/17334
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA, exploits from Exploit-DB. Refreshed daily. Download this record as JSON.