7.5

CVE-2003-1016: clearswift mailsweeper

CVSS: 7.5v2.0HighModified
Published 24-09-2004Last modified 08-08-2024
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Vulnerability summary

CVE-2003-1016 is a high (CVSS 7.5) vulnerability in clearswift mailsweeper. EPSS estimates a 2.45% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 84.1% of scored vulnerabilities.

Overall risk
30/100
0100
Medium · default modelHow is this calculated?
CVSS score
7.5/10
010
High · v2.0 (NVD)
EPSS score
2.45%
0%100%
Low · 0.00 pp in 30 days
KEVNot listedIn no KEV catalog
RansomwareNone recordedNo known use recorded
Public exploits0No public exploits recorded

Timeline

  1. 24-09-2004
    PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
  2. 08-08-2024
    Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.

Description

Multiple content security gateway and antivirus products allow remote attackers to bypass content restrictions via MIME messages that use malformed quoting in MIME headers, parameters, and values, including (1) fields that should not be quoted, (2) duplicate quotes, or (3) missing leading or trailing quote characters, which may be interpreted differently by mail clients.

CVSS metrics

1 score · 1 source · 1 version

EPSS trend

Probability

2.45%

Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days

Percentile

84%

Versus all other CVEs

30-day change

0.00 pp

From 2.45% on 19-09-2026

19-09-202619-10-2026
EPSS score
2.45%

Known exploited

Compare KEV catalogs

Not in any of the 3 tracked catalogs.

Public exploits

0 found

No public exploits indexed.

Weaknesses

CWE · root cause

No weakness data has been published for this record.

Affected systems

Clearswift1 product
  • mailsweeper4.3.7 | 4.3.8 | 4.3.10 | 4.3.11 | 4.3.13 | 4.3.14 | 4.3.15
F-secure1 product
Paul_l_daniels1 product
  • ripmime1.2.0 | 1.2.1 | 1.2.2 | 1.2.3 | 1.2.4 | 1.2.5 | 1.2.6 | 1.2.7 | 1.3.2.0 | 1.3.2.2 | 1.3.2.3

3 vendors · 3 products

References

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