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CVE-2003-1477

CVE information

Published

20 years ago

Last Modified

6 years ago

CVSSv2.0 Severity

High

Impact Analysis

Description

MAILsweeper for SMTP 4.3.6 and 4.3.7 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (CPU consumption) via a PowerPoint attachment that either (1) is corrupt or (2) contains "embedded objects.".

CVSSv2.0 Score

Severity
High
Base Score
7.8/10
Exploit Score
10/10
Access Vector
Network
Access Complexity
Low
Authentication Required
None
Impact Score
6.9/10
Confidentiality Impact
None
Availability Impact
Complete
Integrity Impact
None

Products Affected

CPE Affected Vulnerable Excluding Edit
cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:all_windows:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  No
-
cpe:2.3:a:clearswift:mailsweeper_for_smtp:4.3.6:*:*:*:*:*:*:
  Yes
-
cpe:2.3:a:clearswift:mailsweeper_for_smtp:4.3.7:*:*:*:*:*:*:
  Yes
-