01 Record
CVE-2001-1542
NAI WebShield SMTP 4.5 and possibly 4.5 MR1a does not filter improperly MIME encoded email attachments, which could allow remote attackers to bypass filtering and possibly execute arbitrary code in
UnratedPUBLISHEDCNA: mitre
CNA base scoreUnratedNo CNA CVSS vector
02 Description
NAI WebShield SMTP 4.5 and possibly 4.5 MR1a does not filter improperly MIME encoded email attachments, which could allow remote attackers to bypass filtering and possibly execute arbitrary code in
03 Exploitation and scoring
- Exploitation
- Not assessed. CISA has not published an exploitation assessment for this record, and it is not in the KEV catalog. That is an absence of assessment, not a finding of no risk.
- SSVC decision
- Not assessed by CISA
- EPSS probability
- 2.82% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.
- EPSS percentile
- Equal to or higher than the score of 86.3% of scored records. A rank, not a probability.
- NVD base score
- The NVD has published no score for this record
- NVD CVSS vector
- No NVD score to derive
- NVD analysis status
- Modified. NVD last modified this record on 2026-06-16.
- Red Hat severity
- No Red Hat rating. Red Hat rates the CVEs that affect its products.
Exploit-prediction scores from FIRST. Independent scoring and analysis status from the NVD. Vendor severity from Red Hat. Exploitation assessment and catalog membership from CISA.
04 Metadata
- Published
- 2005-07-14 04:00Z21 YR AGO
- Last updated
- 2024-09-17 01:31Z2 YR AGO
- Reserved
- 2005-07-14
- Assigning CNA
- mitre
- Record state
- PUBLISHED
- Severity
- Not rated by the issuing CNA
- CNA CVSS vector
- Not published by the issuing CNA
- Weaknesses
- No CWE assigned
- Data version
- 5.1
- Document digest
- c6c3d0ec61d62bda6758b22957816423511d6fa3d6ce685afdee36906a974414
05 Affected products
VendorProductVersionsPlatforms
06 References
- archives.neohapsis.com20011130 Re: NAI Webshield SMTP for WinNT MIME header vuln that allows BadTrans to pass]http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/bugtraq/2001-11/0294.html
- www.securityfocus.com3601http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/3601
- www.iss.netwebshield-smtp-mime-attachments(7637)http://www.iss.net/security_center/static/7637.php