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CVE-2003-1016

N/A

Published: September 24, 2004 at 04:00 AM UTC

Updated: June 16, 2026 at 10:03 PM UTC

3 products affected across 3 vendorsInternet GatekeeperMailsweeperRipmime

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Severity

N/A

Exploit prediction

EPSS 2%

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.

Affected

Our own answer: ranges merged, affected separated from platform-only, with confidence and review flags.

Mailsweeper · Clearswift

95%

4.3.10 4.3.11 4.3.13 4.3.14 4.3.15 4.3.7 4.3.8

Internet Gatekeeper · F Secure

95%

6.3 6.31 6.32 6.4

Ripmime · Paul L Daniels

95%

1.2.0 1.2.1 1.2.2 1.2.3 1.2.4 1.2.5 1.2.6 1.2.7 1.3.2.0 1.3.2.2 1.3.2.3

Remediation

No guide yet

No remediation guidance has been written for this CVE yet. What the record does show:

Patch and advisory references

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

References (3)

Mailing Listx_refsource_BUGTRAQ

Source: [email protected]

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

x_refsource_MISCVendor Advisory

Source: [email protected]

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

VDB Entryx_refsource_XF

Source: [email protected]

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

CVSS

7.5HIGH[email protected]

Confidentiality: PARTIAL
Integrity: PARTIAL
Availability: PARTIAL

Vector?

Quick Info

StatusMODIFIED

CWE

NVD-CWE-Other

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