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CVE-2002-23512 exploits

Eudora 5.1 allows remote attackers to bypass security warnings and possibly execute arbitrary code via attachments with names containing a…

Published 23 y ago · modified 4 mo ago · JSON

CVSS
6.4
v2.0 · NVD
CISA KEV
No
not known exploited
EPSS
2.6%
percentile 86%
Public exploits
2
Exploit-DB

Summary

Eudora 5.1 allows remote attackers to bypass security warnings and possibly execute arbitrary code via attachments with names containing a trailing "." (dot).

Exploit prediction (EPSS)

2.65% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 86% of all scored CVEs.

Exploits and detections

  • EDB-21696 Qualcomm Eudora 5/6 - File Attachment Spoofing (2) · remote · 2002-08-08
  • EDB-21695 Qualcomm Eudora 5/6 - File Attachment Spoofing (1) · remote · 2002-08-08

CVSS scores

Assigned byVersionScoreVector
NVD2.06.4AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:N

Classification

Weakness
  • CWE-22 Improper Limitation of a Pathname to a Restricted Directory

References

  • securityfocus.com /bid/5432 · vdb-entry, x_refsource_BID, x_transferred
  • cert.uni-stuttgart.de /archive/bugtraq/2002/08/msg00142.html · mailing-list, x_refsource_BUGTRAQ, x_transferred
  • eudora.com /download/eudora/windows/5.2/RelNotes.txt · x_refsource_CONFIRM, x_transferred

Sources

vulnwire keeps one entry per vulnerability: the CVE id wins, then GHSA; records that alias each other are merged. Machine-readable: JSON.