CVE-2002-1532 — The administrative web interface (STEMWADM) for SurfControl SuperScout Email Filter allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (resource exhaustion) via a GET request without the terminating /r/n/r/n (CRLF) sequence, which causes the interface to wait for the sequence and blocks other users from accessing it

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The administrative web interface (STEMWADM) for SurfControl SuperScout Email Filter allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (resource exhaustion) via a GET request without the terminating /r/n/r/n (CRLF) sequence, which causes the interface to wait for the sequence and blocks other users from accessing it

Published Sep 1, 2004

5.0

MEDIUM

CVSS 2.0

EPSS 2.57%

Description

The administrative web interface (STEMWADM) for SurfControl SuperScout Email Filter allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (resource exhaustion) via a GET request without the terminating /r/n/r/n (CRLF) sequence, which causes the interface to wait for the sequence and blocks other users from accessing it.

Affected products

Remediation

No remediation recorded yet.

Metrics

2.57% 0.02567

Estimated probability of exploitation in the wild in the next 30 days (FIRST EPSS). As of Oct 1, 2026.

EPSS probability 0.02567

Score over time

2022–2026

EPSS v2
EPSS v3
EPSS v4
EPSS v5

Percentile over time

EPSS v2
EPSS v3
EPSS v4
EPSS v5

Table of values (11 key points)

Flat stretches are collapsed; showing up to 120 newest points.

Date	Score	Percentile	Model
Oct 1, 2026	2.57% (0.02567)	84.59th	v5 (v2026.06.15)
Jun 15, 2026	2.57% (0.02567)	83.06th	v5 (v2026.06.15)
Mar 17, 2025	0.78% (0.00782)	72.03th	v4 (v2025.03.14)
Dec 12, 2024	0.85% (0.00848)	82.87th	v3 (v2023.03.01)
May 3, 2024	0.85% (0.00848)	82.06th	v3 (v2023.03.01)
Aug 9, 2023	0.85% (0.00848)	80.02th	v3 (v2023.03.01)
Mar 7, 2023	1.18% (0.01175)	82.78th	v3 (v2023.03.01)
Mar 6, 2023	1.14% (0.01136)	59.45th	v2 (v2022.01.01)
Oct 18, 2022	1.14% (0.01136)	58.28th	v2 (v2022.01.01)
Apr 1, 2022	1.14% (0.01136)	56.27th	v2 (v2022.01.01)
Feb 4, 2022	1.14% (0.01136)	34.23th	v2 (v2022.01.01)

Weaknesses (0)

No CWE recorded.

References (3)

http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/bugtraq/2002-10/0137.html
mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQExploitVendor Advisory
http://www.iss.net/security_center/static/10322.php
vdb-entryx_refsource_XFPatchVendor Advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/5931
vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDPatchVendor Advisory

Link	Providers	Tags
http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/bugtraq/2002-10/0137.html		mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQExploitVendor Advisory
http://www.iss.net/security_center/static/10322.php		vdb-entryx_refsource_XFPatchVendor Advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/5931		vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDPatchVendor Advisory

Change history (0)

No recorded changes yet.

Sources

CVE.org / MITRE

Status PUBLISHED

Assigner mitre

Published Sep 1, 2004

Updated Aug 8, 2024

Reserved Feb 23, 2003

Link CVE-2002-1532

CISA Vulnrichment

Updated n/a

NVD

Status Modified

Modified Jun 16, 2026

Link CVE-2002-1532

Red Hat

Severity n/a

Public date n/a

Links CVE-2002-1532