CVE-2002-2351 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

Description

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

Published: 2007-10-29

Score: 6.4 Medium

EPSS: 2.6% Low

KEV: No

Analysis

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Default status is the baseline for the product, each version can override it (e.g. patched versions marked unaffected).

Vendor Product Default status Versions

n/a

n/a

affected

Version	Status	Constraints
`n/a`	affected	—

Configuration 1 [-]

OR	cpe:2.3:a:qualcomm:eudora:5.1:::::::*
	cpe:2.3:a:qualcomm:eudora:5.2:::::::*
	cpe:2.3:a:qualcomm:eudora:5.2.1:::::::*
	cpe:2.3:a:qualcomm:eudora:6.0:::::::*
	cpe:2.3:a:qualcomm:eudora:6.0.1:::::::*
	cpe:2.3:a:qualcomm:eudora:6.1.1:::::::*

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Remediation

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Tracking

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Advisories

Source	ID	Title
EUVD	EUVD-2002-2329	Eudora 5.1 allows remote attackers to bypass security warnings and possibly execute arbitrary code via attachments with names containing a trailing "." (dot).

No CVSS v4.0

No CVSS v3.1

No CVSS v3.0

Access Vector Network

Access Complexity Low

Authentication None

Confidentiality Impact Partial

Integrity Impact Partial

Availability Impact None

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

The EPSS score is 0.02645.

Key SSVC decision points have not yet been added.

References

Link	Providers
http://cert.uni-stuttgart.de/archive/bugtraq/2002/08/msg00142.html
http://www.eudora.com/download/eudora/windows/5.2/RelNotes.txt
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/5432

History

No history.

Subscriptions

Qualcomm Eudora

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published: 2007-10-29T19:00:00.000Z

Updated: 2024-09-16T21:08:11.092Z

Reserved: 2007-10-29T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2002-2351

Vulnrichment

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NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2002-12-31T05:00:00.000

Modified: 2026-06-16T22:01:08.580

Link: CVE-2002-2351

Redhat

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OpenCVE Enrichment

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Weaknesses

CWE-22

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