CVE-2001-1542

highpriority · track · 31EPSS 0.028 · 87 %ileEUUS

grimoire priorityP2 · Scheduled

Exploitable?

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no known exploitation

Likely / severe?

2.82% (87th) EPSS

CVSS 7.5 · high

Is it mine?

3 products

Check your exposure

Who says so?

2 sources

enisa_euvd · nvd

EPSS · scored 2026-10-28

NAI WebShield SMTP 4.5 and possibly 4.5 MR1a does not filter improperly MIME encoded email attachments, which could allow remote attackers to bypass filtering and possibly execute arbitrary code in email clients that process the invalid attachments.

cvss

Technical severity, 0–10. One row per scoring source.

7.5

010

base score 0–10 · higher = more severe · hover a vector to decode⚠ sources disagree · medium–high · 6.4–7.5

v2.07.5highAV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:Pprimary · NVD / NIST USexploitability 10 · impact 6.4

v2.06.4mediumAV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P/E:Usecondary · CVSS-BT (t0sche)

weaknesses

The CWE weakness classes this flaw belongs to.

CWE-20USLLM-inferredCWE-94USLLM-inferred

affected products (3)

Products and version ranges known to be affected.

n/a n/a≤ n/aenisa_euvdEU
network associates webshield smtp= 4.5nvdUScpe:2.3:a:network_associates:webshield_smtp:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
network associates webshield smtp= 4.5_mr1anvdUScpe:2.3:a:network_associates:webshield_smtp:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

also known as (2)

Other names and identifiers for this entity.

sources

Which sources assert this record, and when.

enisa_euvd nvd NVD CVE.org MITRE

published 2001-12-31modified 2026-06-16

references (6)

External citations — patches, advisories, analysis.

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