CVE-2002-1997 — ZoneAlarm Pro 3.0 MailSafe allows remote attackers to bypass filtering and possibly execute arbitrary code via email attachments containing a trailing dot after the file extension

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HIGH

ZoneAlarm Pro 3.0 MailSafe allows remote attackers to bypass filtering and possibly execute arbitrary code via email attachments containing a trailing dot after the file extension

Published Jul 14, 2005

7.5

HIGH

CVSS 2.0

EPSS 2.82%

Description

ZoneAlarm Pro 3.0 MailSafe allows remote attackers to bypass filtering and possibly execute arbitrary code via email attachments containing a trailing dot after the file extension.

Affected products

Remediation

No remediation recorded yet.

Metrics

2.82% 0.02821

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

EPSS probability 0.02821

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 (9 key points)

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

Date	Score	Percentile	Model
Oct 1, 2026	2.82% (0.02821)	86.08th	v5 (v2026.06.15)
Jun 15, 2026	2.82% (0.02821)	84.68th	v5 (v2026.06.15)
Mar 17, 2025	0.91% (0.00913)	74.24th	v4 (v2025.03.14)
Dec 12, 2024	2.42% (0.02421)	90.35th	v3 (v2023.03.01)
Jun 20, 2024	2.42% (0.02421)	90.03th	v3 (v2023.03.01)
Mar 7, 2023	2.61% (0.02610)	88.64th	v3 (v2023.03.01)
Mar 6, 2023	6.52% (0.06523)	91.37th	v2 (v2022.01.01)
Apr 1, 2022	6.52% (0.06523)	90.53th	v2 (v2022.01.01)
Feb 4, 2022	6.52% (0.06523)	78.43th	v2 (v2022.01.01)

Weaknesses (0)

No CWE recorded.

References (3)

http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/265387
mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQ
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/4407
vdb-entryx_refsource_BID
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/8744
vdb-entryx_refsource_XF

Link	Providers	Tags
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/265387		mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQ
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/4407		vdb-entryx_refsource_BID
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/8744		vdb-entryx_refsource_XF

Change history (0)

No recorded changes yet.

Sources

CVE.org / MITRE

Status PUBLISHED

Assigner mitre

Published Jul 14, 2005

Updated Aug 8, 2024

Reserved Jul 14, 2005

Link CVE-2002-1997

CISA Vulnrichment

Updated n/a

NVD

Status Modified

Modified Jun 16, 2026

Link CVE-2002-1997

Red Hat

Severity n/a

Public date n/a

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