{"id":"CVE-2004-0052","url":"https://www.cyber-defence.io/tools/cve/CVE-2004-0052","generatedAt":"2026-10-27T17:30:24.983Z","title":"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,…","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.","published":"2004-10-20T04:00:00.000Z","lastModified":"2026-06-16T22:04:50.000Z","status":"Modified","sourceIdentifier":"cve@mitre.org","cvss":{"version":"2.0","score":7.5,"severity":"HIGH","vector":"AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P"},"cwe":[],"affected":["clearswift/mailsweeper","f-secure/internet gatekeeper","paul l daniels/ripmime"],"epss":{"score":0.02383,"percentile":0.83792,"date":"2026-10-26","history":[]},"kev":{"listed":false},"exploits":{"count":0,"verified":false,"firstPublished":null,"source":"Exploit-DB (https://gitlab.com/exploit-database/exploitdb)","entries":[]},"verdict":{"level":"high","text":"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."},"changes":[],"references":[{"url":"http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=109517669115891&w=2","source":"cve@mitre.org"},{"url":"http://www.uniras.gov.uk/vuls/2004/380375/mime.htm","tags":["Vendor Advisory"],"source":"cve@mitre.org"},{"url":"https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/17334","source":"cve@mitre.org"},{"url":"http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=109517669115891&w=2","source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"http://www.uniras.gov.uk/vuls/2004/380375/mime.htm","tags":["Vendor Advisory"],"source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/17334","source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"}],"sources":{"nvd":"https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2004-0052","epss":"https://www.first.org/epss/","kev":"https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog","exploitdb":"https://www.exploit-db.com/"},"licence":"CC BY 4.0 — link back to the CVE Explorer if you publish the results; upstream data remains subject to its own terms."}