CVE Catalog

CVE-2003-1016

High
Published: Translated: NVD NIST

Summary

Multiple content security gateway and antivirus products allow remote attackers to bypass content restrictions via MIME messages with malformed quoting in MIME headers, parameters, and values.

Risk Assessment

Attackers may exploit this vulnerability to send malicious content, potentially compromising the security of the organization's systems and data.

Recommendation

It is recommended to update security products and monitor/filter MIME messages to minimize risk.

Related vulnerabilities

Original NVD description (English source)

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.

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