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CVE-2002-1121

Published: Sep 14, 2002Updated: Apr 16, 2026 Sources: CVE List NVDNVD-CWE-Other
7.5HIGH
NVD MITRE
EPSS Score
6.7%
Top 6.9%
CISA KEV
Not in KEV
Exploits
No Known Exploits
Remediation
Patch Available
Self-Check
Not available

Description

SMTP content filter engines, including (1) GFI MailSecurity for Exchange/SMTP before 7.2, (2) InterScan VirusWall before 3.52 build 1494, (3) the default configuration of MIMEDefang before 2.21, and possibly other products, do not detect fragmented emails as defined in RFC2046 ("Message Fragmentation and Reassembly") and supported in such products as Outlook Express, which allows remote attackers to bypass content filtering, including virus checking, via fragmented emails of the message/partial content type.

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CVSS Vector Breakdown

AV:NAC:LAu:NC:PI:PA:P
Exploitability
AV:NAccess Vector
Network
AC:LAccess Complexity
Low
Au:NAuthentication
None
Impact
C:PConfidentiality
Partial
I:PIntegrity
Partial
A:PAvailability
Partial
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Weaknesses

NVD-CWE-Other

Affected Products

roaring penguin
commercial
canitOn-prem
Communications / email-server-client
mimedefangOn-prem
Communications / email-server-client
gfi
commercialaka gfi software
mailsecurityMixed
Enterprise Software / itsm-monitoring
network associates
commercial
webshield smtpMixed
Networking Infrastructure / network-management
trend micro
commercial·JPaka trendmicro
interscan viruswall
Security Products
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Exploitability

Official Patch Available
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References

http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/vulnwatch/2002-q3/0113.html
archives.neohapsis.com
http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=103184267105132&w=2
marc.info
http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/bugtraq/2002-09/0135.html
archives.neohapsis.com
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