CVE-2002-2228

Status: ModifiedMedium (6.4)—

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.

CVSS

Version: 2.0
Vector: AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:N
Base score: 6.4

Exploitation probability (EPSS)

Probability of exploitation in the next 30 days: 1.12%
Percentile among all scored CVEs: 65
Score date: 10/4/2026

EPSS (Exploit Prediction Scoring System, FIRST) estimates how likely a vulnerability is to be exploited in the wild within 30 days. It complements CVSS (impact) and CISA KEV (confirmed exploitation).

Affected technologies (1)

Mailscanner — Mailscanner

CWEs

CWE-20

References

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