Vulnerability Report

CVE-2001-0398

RCE

Title: BAT! mail client long space-filled filename bypasses executable warning

RCE

Proof Of Concept

No public PoC currently indexed for CVE-2001-0398.

CWE Category NVD-CWE-noinfo

Published Date Jun 18, 2001

Modified Date Jun 16, 2026

Exploit Status Not Found

Score 7.5 CVSS v2.0

Exploit Probability (EPSS)

2.04%

Vulnerability Summary

CVE-2001-0398: The BAT! mail client allows remote attackers to bypass user warnings of an executable attachment and execute arbitrary commands via an attachment whose file name contains many spaces, which also causes the BAT! to misrepresent the attachment's type with a different icon.

Impacted Vendors

ritlabs 1

Reference Links

http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/bugtraq/2001-04/0013.html http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/2530 http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/bugtraq/2001-04/0013.html http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/2530

CVSS v2.0

Source Entity [email protected]

Severity HIGH

7.5

Access Vector

N/A

Authentication

N/A

RAW VECTOR AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Associated Attack Patterns (CAPEC)

Total: Patterns

CVE-2001-0398 Exploits & PoCs (Proof Of Concept)

No public PoCs found in our database for this CVE.

June 16, 2026 MODIFIED

Vulnerability data updated via NVD.

April 03, 2025 MODIFIED

Vulnerability data or affected products updated.

June 18, 2001 PUBLISHED

Vulnerability first announced in NVD.

Attack Vector Matrix

Access Vector N/A

Complexity N/A

Privileges N/A

Interaction NONE

CVSS Vector String


                                    AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Affected Stack

No specific products linked.