Bypassing Virus Scanning in MIMEDefang via Empty Boundary String in Content-Type Header

Bypassing Virus Scanning in MIMEDefang via Empty Boundary String in Content-Type Header

CVE-2004-1098 · HIGH Severity

AV:N/AC:L/AU:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

MIMEDefang in MIME-tools 5.414 allows remote attackers to bypass virus scanning capabilities via an e-mail attachment with a virus that contains an empty boundary string in the Content-Type header.

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