CVE-2004-2088 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

Description

Sophos Anti-Virus 3.78 allows remote attackers to bypass virus scanning by using a qmail generated Delivery Status Notification (DSN) where the original email is not included in the bounce message.

Published: 2005-05-19

Score: 5.0 Medium

EPSS: 2.4% Low

KEV: No

Impact:

Action:

Analysis

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Default status is the baseline for the product, each version can override it (e.g. patched versions marked unaffected).

Vendor Product Default status Versions

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affected

Version	Status	Constraints
`n/a`	affected	—

Configuration 1 [-]

OR	cpe:2.3:a:sophos:sophos_anti-virus:3.4.6:::::::*
	cpe:2.3:a:sophos:sophos_anti-virus:3.78:::::::*

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Remediation

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Tracking

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Advisories

Source	ID	Title
EUVD	EUVD-2004-2080	Sophos Anti-Virus 3.78 allows remote attackers to bypass virus scanning by using a qmail generated Delivery Status Notification (DSN) where the original email is not included in the bounce message.

No CVSS v4.0

No CVSS v3.1

No CVSS v3.0

Access Vector Network

Access Complexity Low

Authentication None

Confidentiality Impact None

Integrity Impact Partial

Availability Impact None

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

The EPSS score is 0.02376.

Key SSVC decision points have not yet been added.

References

Link	Providers
http://secunia.com/advisories/10855
http://securitytracker.com/id?1009042
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/9650
http://www.sophos.com/support/news/#mime-378
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/15192

History

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Subscriptions

Sophos Sophos Anti-virus

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published: 2005-05-19T04:00:00.000Z

Updated: 2024-08-08T01:15:01.477Z

Reserved: 2005-05-19T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2004-2088

Vulnrichment

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NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2004-02-12T05:00:00.000

Modified: 2026-04-16T00:27:16.627

Link: CVE-2004-2088

Redhat

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OpenCVE Enrichment

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Weaknesses

NVD-CWE-Other

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