CVE-2002-1121

SMTP content filter engines, including (1) GFI MailSecurity for Exchange/SMTP before 7.2, (2) InterScan VirusWall before 3.52 build 1494, (3) the default configuration of MIMEDefang before 2.21, and possibly other products, do not detect fragmented emails as defined in RFC2046 ("Message Fragmentation and Reassembly") and supported in such products as Outlook Express, which allows remote attackers to bypass content filtering, including virus checking, via fragmented emails of the message/partial content type.

Published: 2002-09-24 Last update: 2026-04-16 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]
NVD Status：Modified，CVE State: published
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CVE-2002-1121 is rated Moderate Risk (55.1/100): CVSS High severity, with medium exploitation likelihood (EPSS 0.94%). Review affected assets and schedule remediation.

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Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2002-1121

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 2025-12-04 2.20% 0.94% -1.26%
2 2025-03-30 3.37% 2.20% -1.17%
3 2025-03-29 — 3.37% —

Full EPSS history (8 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2002-1121

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-2002-1121

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2002-1121

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
gfi mailsecurity 7.2 cpe:2.3:a:gfi:mailsecurity:7.2:*:exchange_smtp:*:*:*:*:*
network_associates webshield_smtp 4.0.5 cpe:2.3:a:network_associates:webshield_smtp:4.0.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
network_associates webshield_smtp 4.5 cpe:2.3:a:network_associates:webshield_smtp:4.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
network_associates webshield_smtp 4.5.44 cpe:2.3:a:network_associates:webshield_smtp:4.5.44:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
network_associates webshield_smtp 4.5.74.0 cpe:2.3:a:network_associates:webshield_smtp:4.5.74.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
roaring_penguin canit 1.2 cpe:2.3:a:roaring_penguin:canit:1.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
roaring_penguin mimedefang 2.14 cpe:2.3:a:roaring_penguin:mimedefang:2.14:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
roaring_penguin mimedefang 2.20 cpe:2.3:a:roaring_penguin:mimedefang:2.20:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
trend_micro interscan_viruswall 3.5 cpe:2.3:a:trend_micro:interscan_viruswall:3.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
trend_micro interscan_viruswall 3.51 cpe:2.3:a:trend_micro:interscan_viruswall:3.51:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
trend_micro interscan_viruswall 3.52 cpe:2.3:a:trend_micro:interscan_viruswall:3.52:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-2002-1121

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