CVE-2003-1016

high

Description

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.

References

https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/17336

http://www.uniras.gov.uk/vuls/2004/380375/mime.htm

http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=109521027007616&w=2

Details

Source: Mitre, NVD

Published: 2004-10-20

Updated: 2026-06-16

Risk Information

CVSS v2

Base Score: 7.5

Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Severity: High

CVSS v3

Base Score: 7.5

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N

Severity: High

EPSS

EPSS: 0.00341