CVE-2002-2351

Exp

Eudora 5.1 allows remote attackers to bypass security warnings and possibly execute arbitrary code via attachments with names containing a trailing "." (dot).

Published: 2002-12-31 Last update: 2026-06-16 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]

Conclusion & alert: CVE-2002-2351 is rated High Exploit Risk (69.2/100): CVSS Medium severity, with medium exploitation likelihood (EPSS 2.65%). Core evidence: 3 public exploit reference(s) are indexed (Exploit-DB). Mandatory action: Public exploits are available—assess exposure, apply mitigations, and prioritize patching.

Risk is dynamic; we continuously reassess and refresh what is shown on this page as upstream context changes.

Public exploit references (Exploit-DB) for CVE-2002-2351

EDB-ID Source Kind Published Link
21696 exploit_db edb 2002-08-08 Exploit-DB ↗
21695 exploit_db edb 2002-08-08 Exploit-DB ↗
nvd_ref exploit_tag Exploit-DB ↗

Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2002-2351

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 3.26% 2.65% -0.62%
2 2025-11-23 3.00% 3.26% +0.27%
3 2025-07-06 3.00%

Full EPSS history (22 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2002-2351

CVSS metrics for this CVE.

Base score Version Severity Vector Exploitability Impact Score source
6.4 2.0 MEDIUM
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:N 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:N)
No availability impact.
10.0 4.9 [email protected]

Weakness enumeration for CVE-2002-2351

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2002-2351

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
qualcomm eudora 5.1 cpe:2.3:a:qualcomm:eudora:5.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
qualcomm eudora 5.2 cpe:2.3:a:qualcomm:eudora:5.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
qualcomm eudora 5.2.1 cpe:2.3:a:qualcomm:eudora:5.2.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
qualcomm eudora 6.0 cpe:2.3:a:qualcomm:eudora:6.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
qualcomm eudora 6.0.1 cpe:2.3:a:qualcomm:eudora:6.0.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
qualcomm eudora 6.1.1 cpe:2.3:a:qualcomm:eudora:6.1.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-2002-2351

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