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01 Record

CVE-2004-1098

MIMEDefang in MIME-tools 5.414 allows remote attackers to bypass virus scanning capabilities via an e-mail attachment with a virus that contains an empty boundary string in the Content-Type header.

UnratedPUBLISHEDCNA: mitre
CNA base scoreUnratedNo CNA CVSS vector
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02 Description

MIMEDefang in MIME-tools 5.414 allows remote attackers to bypass virus scanning capabilities via an e-mail attachment with a virus that contains an empty boundary string in the Content-Type header.

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
1.58% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.
EPSS percentile
Equal to or higher than the score of 75.0% 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
2004-12-01 05:00Z21 YR AGO
Last updated
2024-08-08 00:39Z2 YR AGO
Reserved
2004-11-30
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
be121da7a284c10f1e596d8e266b27e898c97579fc587c5ae35a5e699cb77dd0

05 Affected products

VendorProductVersionsPlatforms
mandrakesoftmandrake_linuxNot specified—
mandrakesoftmandrake_linux_corporate_serverNot specified—
roaring_penguinmimedefangNot specified—
susesuse_linuxNot specified—

06 References