7.5

CVE-2004-0052: clearswift mailsweeper

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

CVE-2004-0052 is a high (CVSS 7.5) vulnerability in clearswift mailsweeper. EPSS estimates a 2.38% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 83.6% 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
2.38%
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 non-standard separator characters, or use standard separators incorrectly, within MIME headers, fields, parameters, or values, which may be interpreted differently by mail clients.

CVSS metrics

1 score · 1 source · 1 version

EPSS trend

Probability

2.38%

Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days

Percentile

84%

Versus all other CVEs

30-day change

0.00 pp

From 2.38% on 19-09-2026

19-09-202619-10-2026
EPSS score
2.38%

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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