CVE Catalog

CVE-2002-0637

High
Published: Translated: NVD NIST

Summary

InterScan VirusWall 3.52 build 1462 allows remote attackers to bypass virus protection via e-mail messages with headers that violate RFC specifications by having (or missing) space characters in unexpected places.

Risk Assessment

The organization may be exposed to malware attacks as viruses can be transmitted through emails that are not properly scanned.

Recommendation

It is recommended to update InterScan VirusWall to the latest version to protect against this type of attack.

Related vulnerabilities

Original NVD description (English source)

InterScan VirusWall 3.52 build 1462 allows remote attackers to bypass virus protection via e-mail messages with headers that violate RFC specifications by having (or missing) space characters in unexpected places (aka "space gap"), such as (1) Content-Type :", (2) "Content-Transfer-Encoding :", (3) no space before a boundary declaration, or (4) "boundary= ", which is processed by Outlook Express.

Vulnerability data from NVD (NIST) · CISA KEV · EPSS