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CVE-2002-1121

Published: Sep 14, 2002Updated: Apr 16, 2026 Sources: CVE List NVDNVD-CWE-Other
NVD MITRE
7.5CVSSHIGH
EPSS Score
6.7%
Top 7.0%
CISA KEV
Not in KEV
Exploits
No Known Exploits
Remediation
Patch Available

Description

SMTP content filter engines, including (1) GFI MailSecurity for Exchange/SMTP before 7.2, (2) InterScan VirusWall before 3.52 build 1494, (3) the default configuration of MIMEDefang before 2.21, and possibly other products, do not detect fragmented emails as defined in RFC2046 ("Message Fragmentation and Reassembly") and supported in such products as Outlook Express, which allows remote attackers to bypass content filtering, including virus checking, via fragmented emails of the message/partial content type.

CVSS Vector Breakdown

AV:NAC:LAu:NC:PI:PA:P
Exploitability
AV:NAccess Vector
Network
AC:LAccess Complexity
Low
Au:NAuthentication
None
Impact
C:PConfidentiality
Partial
I:PIntegrity
Partial
A:PAvailability
Partial
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Weaknesses

NVD-CWE-Other

Affected Products

n/an/a
mailsecuritygfi
Mixed
Enterprise Software / itsm-monitoring
webshield smtpnetwork associates
Mixed
Networking Infrastructure / network-management
canitroaring penguin
On-prem
Communications / email-server-client
mimedefangroaring penguin
On-prem
Communications / email-server-client
gficommercialEnterprise Softwareaka gfi software
network associatescommercialNetworking Infrastructure
roaring penguincommercialCommunicationsaka roaring penguin
and 1 more affected products View all →

Exploitability

Official Patch Available

References

http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/vulnwatch/2002-q3/0113.html
archives.neohapsis.com
http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=103184267105132&w=2
marc.info
http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/bugtraq/2002-09/0135.html
archives.neohapsis.com
and 6 more references View all →

Timeline

Published
Sep 14, 2002
Last Updated
Apr 16, 2026

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