Vulnerability Report

CVE-2004-0162

Title: Multiple content security products MIME encapsulation bypass

Other

Proof Of Concept

No public PoC currently indexed for CVE-2004-0162.

CWE Category NVD-CWE-noinfo
Published Date Oct 20, 2004
Modified Date Jun 16, 2026
Exploit Status Not Found
Score 7.5 CVSS v2.0
Exploit Probability (EPSS)
2.38%

Vulnerability Summary

CVE-2004-0162: Multiple content security gateway and antivirus products allow remote attackers to bypass content restrictions via MIME encapsulation that uses RFC822 comment fields, which may be interpreted as other fields by mail clients.

Impacted Vendors

C
clearswift_limited 1
P
paul_l_daniels 1
C
clearswift 1
F
f-secure 1

Reference Links

http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=109517563513776&w=2 http://www.uniras.gov.uk/vuls/2004/380375/mime.htm https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/17332 http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=109517563513776&w=2 http://www.uniras.gov.uk/vuls/2004/380375/mime.htm https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/17332
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-2004-0162 Exploits & PoCs (Proof Of Concept)

No public PoCs found in our database for this CVE.

MODIFIED

Vulnerability data updated via NVD.

MODIFIED

Vulnerability data or affected products updated.

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.