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Fencer Vulns
high 7.5

CVE-2002-0637 json

InterScan VirusWall 3.52 build 1462 allows remote attackers to bypass virus protection via e-mail messages with headers that violate RFC sp…

published 2002-07-04 24 y ago modified 2026-06-16 4 mo ago also EUVD-2002-0631

cvss
7.5
version 2.0, NVD
cisa kev
Not listed
not in CISA's catalog
epss
5.7%
EPSS 5.7% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 93%
public exploits
1
Exploit-DB

Summary

InterScan VirusWall 3.52 build 1462 allows remote attackers to bypass virus protection via e-mail messages with headers that violate RFC specifications by having (or missing) space characters in unexpected places (aka "space gap"), such as (1) Content-Type :", (2) "Content-Transfer-Encoding :", (3) no space before a boundary declaration, or (4) "boundary= ", which is processed by Outlook Express.

Patch / fix

Timeline

  1. Published
  2. First public exploit (EDB-21625)

Exploit prediction

5.75% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 93% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-08).

Exploits and checks

  • EDB-21625 Trend Micro Interscan VirusWall for Windows NT 3.52 - Space Gap Scan Bypass remote, 2002-07-18

CVSS scores

assigned by version score vector
NVD 2.0 7.5 AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

References

Sources

Fencer Vulns keeps one entry per vulnerability: the CVE id wins, then GHSA, and records that alias each other are merged, except that two CVEs always keep separate entries. The same data is available as JSON.