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CVE-2002-2228

MEDIUM · CVSS 6.4 EPSS 1.12%

Source: NVD + CISA KEV + EPSS (historical backfill) · Published 2002-12-31 · Last synced 2026-08-04

CyberRota Analysis

This is a medium severity vulnerability with a CVSS score of 6.4. It may be remotely exploitable.

CVE
CVE-2002-2228
Severity
MEDIUM
CVSS
6.4
EPSS
1.12%

Original NVD Description

MailScanner before 4.0 5-1 and before 3.2 6-1 allows remote attackers to bypass protection via attachments with a filename with (1) extra leading spaces, (2) extra trailing spaces, or (3) alternate character encodings that cannot be processed by MailScanner.