CVE-2003-0336

Exp

Qualcomm Eudora 5.2.1 allows remote attackers to read arbitrary files via an email message with a carriage return (CR) character in a spoofed "Attachment Converted:" string, which is not properly handled by Eudora.

Published: 2003-05-22 Last update: 2026-04-16 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]

Conclusion & alert: CVE-2003-0336 is rated High Exploit Risk (69.4/100): CVSS Medium severity, with high exploitation likelihood (EPSS 5.91%, 90th percentile). Core evidence: 1 public exploit reference(s) are indexed (Exploit-DB). EPSS rose +2.72% over the last day, indicating growing attacker interest. 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-2003-0336

EDB-ID Source Kind Published Link
19885 exploit_db edb 2000-04-28 Exploit-DB ↗

Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2003-0336

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 2026-03-14 3.19% 5.91% +2.72%
2 2025-03-17 1.33% 3.19% +1.86%
3 2024-03-20 1.33%

Full EPSS history (6 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2003-0336

CVSS metrics for this CVE.

Base score Version Severity Vector Exploitability Impact Score source
5.0 2.0 MEDIUM
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/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:N)
No integrity impact.
Availability impact (A:N)
No availability impact.
10.0 2.9 [email protected]

Weakness enumeration for CVE-2003-0336

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2003-0336

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
qualcomm eudora 5.2.1 cpe:2.3:a:qualcomm:eudora:5.2.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-2003-0336

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