RITLabs The Bat! before 3.0.0.15 displays certain important headers from encapsulated data in message/partial MIME messages, instead of the real headers, which is in violation of RFC2046 header merging rules and allows remote attackers to spoof the origin of e-mail by sending a fragmented message, as demonstrated using spoofed Received: and Message-ID: headers
Published Feb 10, 2006
5.0
MEDIUMCVSS 2.0
EPSS 1.64%
Description
RITLabs The Bat! before 3.0.0.15 displays certain important headers from encapsulated data in message/partial MIME messages, instead of the real headers, which is in violation of RFC2046 header merging rules and allows remote attackers to spoof the origin of e-mail by sending a fragmented message, as demonstrated using spoofed Received: and Message-ID: headers.
Affected products
No data.
No data.
No Red Hat product state for this CVE.
No package ranges for this CVE.
Remediation
No remediation recorded yet.
Metrics
No CVSS v4.0 score for this CVE.
No CVSS v3.1 score for this CVE.
No CVSS v3.0 score for this CVE.
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N
This CVE is not in the KEV list.
No CISA SSVC assessment for this CVE yet.
Estimated probability of exploitation in the wild in the next 30 days (FIRST EPSS). As of Oct 2, 2026.
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 2, 2026 | 1.64% (0.01638) | 75.50th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Jun 15, 2026 | 1.60% (0.01600) | 72.54th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Mar 17, 2025 | 0.70% (0.00704) | 70.39th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Dec 12, 2024 | 4.24% (0.04244) | 92.58th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Jun 1, 2024 | 4.24% (0.04244) | 92.27th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Apr 8, 2023 | 3.04% (0.03039) | 89.45th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 7, 2023 | 3.43% (0.03430) | 89.98th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 6, 2023 | 1.32% (0.01319) | 71.27th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Feb 23, 2023 | 1.32% (0.01319) | 71.23th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Apr 1, 2022 | 1.32% (0.01319) | 69.22th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Feb 4, 2022 | 1.32% (0.01319) | 44.98th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
No CWE recorded.
References (7)
- http://lists.grok.org.uk/pipermail/full-disclosure/2006-February/041973.html mailing-listx_refsource_FULLDISC
- http://secunia.com/advisories/18713 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIA
- http://www.security.nnov.ru/advisories/thebatspoof.asp x_refsource_MISCExploitVendor Advisory
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/424129/100/0/threaded mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQ
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/16515 vdb-entryx_refsource_BID
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/24535 vdb-entryx_refsource_XF
- https://www.ritlabs.com/bt/bug_view_advanced_page.php?bug_id=0003029 x_refsource_CONFIRM
| Link | Providers | Tags |
|---|---|---|
| http://lists.grok.org.uk/pipermail/full-disclosure/2006-February/041973.html | mailing-listx_refsource_FULLDISC | |
| http://secunia.com/advisories/18713 | third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIA | |
| http://www.security.nnov.ru/advisories/thebatspoof.asp | x_refsource_MISCExploitVendor Advisory | |
| http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/424129/100/0/threaded | mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQ | |
| http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/16515 | vdb-entryx_refsource_BID | |
| https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/24535 | vdb-entryx_refsource_XF | |
| https://www.ritlabs.com/bt/bug_view_advanced_page.php?bug_id=0003029 | x_refsource_CONFIRM |
Change history (0)
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