PT-2004-3593 · Clearswift · Clearswift Mimesweeper

Published 2004-12-31 · Updated 2017-07-29 · CVE-2004-2703

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v2.0

4.3

Medium

Base vector

AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions Clearswift MIMEsweeper version 5.0.5

Description The issue allows remote attackers to bypass scanning by including encrypted data in a mail message. This causes the message to be marked as "Clean" instead of "Encrypted".

Recommendations For Clearswift MIMEsweeper version 5.0.5, consider updating the software to a version that properly handles encrypted data in mail messages to prevent scanning bypass. At the moment, there is no information about a newer version that contains a fix for this vulnerability.

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-310

Related Identifiers

CVE-2004-2703

Affected Products

Clearswift Mimesweeper

References · 6

• http://secunia.com/advisories/13160 · Vendor Advisory
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2004-2703 · Security Note
• http://download.mimesweeper.com/www/TechnicalDocumentation/MSWSMTP505UpdateReadMe.htm · Note
• http://securityfocus.com/bid/11669 · Note
• https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/18035 · Note
• http://osvdb.org/11602 · Note