CVE-2004-0052

Multiple content security gateway and antivirus products allow remote attackers to bypass content restrictions via MIME messages that use non-standard separator characters, or use standard separators incorrectly, within MIME headers, fields, parameters, or values, which may be interpreted differently by mail clients.

Published: 2004-10-20 Last update: 2026-04-16 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]
NVD Status：Modified，CVE State: published
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CVE-2004-0052 is rated Moderate Risk (48.8/100): CVSS High severity, with medium exploitation likelihood (EPSS 0.34%). Review affected assets and schedule remediation.

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Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2004-0052

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 0.35% 0.34% -0.01%
2 2025-03-29 0.34% 0.35% +0.01%
3 2025-03-17 — 0.34% —

Full EPSS history (7 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2004-0052

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-2004-0052

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2004-0052

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
clearswift mailsweeper 4.3.7 cpe:2.3:a:clearswift:mailsweeper:4.3.7:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
clearswift mailsweeper 4.3.8 cpe:2.3:a:clearswift:mailsweeper:4.3.8:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
clearswift mailsweeper 4.3.10 cpe:2.3:a:clearswift:mailsweeper:4.3.10:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
clearswift mailsweeper 4.3.11 cpe:2.3:a:clearswift:mailsweeper:4.3.11:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
clearswift mailsweeper 4.3.13 cpe:2.3:a:clearswift:mailsweeper:4.3.13:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
clearswift mailsweeper 4.3.14 cpe:2.3:a:clearswift:mailsweeper:4.3.14:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
clearswift mailsweeper 4.3.15 cpe:2.3:a:clearswift:mailsweeper:4.3.15:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
f-secure internet_gatekeeper 6.3 cpe:2.3:a:f-secure:internet_gatekeeper:6.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
f-secure internet_gatekeeper 6.4 cpe:2.3:a:f-secure:internet_gatekeeper:6.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
f-secure internet_gatekeeper 6.31 cpe:2.3:a:f-secure:internet_gatekeeper:6.31:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
f-secure internet_gatekeeper 6.32 cpe:2.3:a:f-secure:internet_gatekeeper:6.32:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
paul_l_daniels ripmime 1.2.0 cpe:2.3:a:paul_l_daniels:ripmime:1.2.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
paul_l_daniels ripmime 1.2.1 cpe:2.3:a:paul_l_daniels:ripmime:1.2.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
paul_l_daniels ripmime 1.2.2 cpe:2.3:a:paul_l_daniels:ripmime:1.2.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
paul_l_daniels ripmime 1.2.3 cpe:2.3:a:paul_l_daniels:ripmime:1.2.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
paul_l_daniels ripmime 1.2.4 cpe:2.3:a:paul_l_daniels:ripmime:1.2.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
paul_l_daniels ripmime 1.2.5 cpe:2.3:a:paul_l_daniels:ripmime:1.2.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
paul_l_daniels ripmime 1.2.6 cpe:2.3:a:paul_l_daniels:ripmime:1.2.6:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
paul_l_daniels ripmime 1.2.7 cpe:2.3:a:paul_l_daniels:ripmime:1.2.7:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
paul_l_daniels ripmime 1.3.2.0 cpe:2.3:a:paul_l_daniels:ripmime:1.3.2.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
paul_l_daniels ripmime 1.3.2.2 cpe:2.3:a:paul_l_daniels:ripmime:1.3.2.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
paul_l_daniels ripmime 1.3.2.3 cpe:2.3:a:paul_l_daniels:ripmime:1.3.2.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-2004-0052

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