CVE-2002-0440

Exp

Trend Micro InterScan VirusWall HTTP proxy 3.6 with the "Skip scanning if Content-length equals 0" option enabled allows malicious web servers to bypass content scanning via a Content-length header set to 0, which is often ignored by HTTP clients.

Published: 2002-07-26 Last update: 2026-06-16 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]
NVD Status：Modified，CVE State: published
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CVE-2002-0440 is rated High Exploit Risk (74.3/100): CVSS High severity, with medium exploitation likelihood (EPSS 2.62%). 1 public exploit reference(s) are indexed (Exploit-DB). Public exploits are available—assess exposure, apply mitigations, and prioritize patching.

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Public exploit references (Exploit-DB) for CVE-2002-0440

EDB-ID Source Kind Published Link
21339 exploit_db edb 2002-03-11 Exploit-DB ↗

Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2002-0440

EPSS lead: Daily EPSS estimates relative likelihood of exploitation; percentile ranks this CVE among scored vulnerabilities (higher = more severe relative rank).

# Date Old EPSS score New EPSS score Delta (New - Old)
1 2026-06-15 2.48% 2.62% +0.14%
2 2026-02-06 4.08% 2.48% -1.60%
3 2025-03-30 — 4.08% —

Full EPSS history (11 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2002-0440

CVSS metrics for this CVE.

Base score Version Severity Vector Exploitability Impact Score source
7.5 2.0 HIGH
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P Click to expand
Access vector (AV:N)
Can be exploited remotely over network reachability.
Access complexity (AC:L)
Exploitation conditions are straightforward and predictable.
Authentication (AU:N)
No authentication is required.
Confidentiality impact (C:P)
Partial confidentiality impact.
Integrity impact (I:P)
Partial integrity impact.
Availability impact (A:P)
Partial availability impact.
 10.0 6.4 [email protected]

Weakness enumeration for CVE-2002-0440

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2002-0440

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
trend_micro interscan_viruswall 3.6 cpe:2.3:a:trend_micro:interscan_viruswall:3.6:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
trend_micro interscan_viruswall 3.51 cpe:2.3:a:trend_micro:interscan_viruswall:3.51:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-2002-0440

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