CVE-2002-2313

Eudora email client 5.1.1, with "use Microsoft viewer" enabled, allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary programs via an HTML email message containing a META refresh tag that references an embedded .mhtml file with ActiveX controls that execute a second embedded program, which is processed by Internet Explorer.

Published: 2002-12-31 Last update: 2026-04-16 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]

Conclusion & alert: CVE-2002-2313 is rated Moderate Risk (49.4/100): CVSS High severity, with low exploitation likelihood (EPSS 0.22%). Mandatory action: Review affected assets and schedule remediation.

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Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2002-2313

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 2025-03-30 0.43% 0.22% -0.21%
2 2025-03-29 0.22% 0.43% +0.21%
3 2025-03-19 0.22%

Full EPSS history (8 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2002-2313

CVSS metrics for this CVE.

Base score Version Severity Vector Exploitability Impact Score source
8.8 2.0 HIGH
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:N Click to expand
Access vector (AV:N)
Can be exploited remotely over network reachability.
Access complexity (AC:M)
Exploitation needs some favorable conditions, but not exceptional ones.
Authentication (AU:N)
No authentication is required.
Confidentiality impact (C:C)
Complete confidentiality impact.
Integrity impact (I:C)
Complete integrity impact.
Availability impact (A:N)
No availability impact.
8.6 9.2 [email protected]

Weakness enumeration for CVE-2002-2313

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2002-2313

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
qualcomm eudora 5.1.1 cpe:2.3:a:qualcomm:eudora:5.1.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-2002-2313

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