CVE-2002-2313 — HIGH severity vulnerability (Eudora email client 5.1.1, with "use Microsoft viewer" enabl)
Eudora email client 5.1.1, with "use Microsoft viewer" enabled, allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary programs via an HTML email message containing a META refresh tag that references an embedded .mhtml file with ActiveX controls that execute a second embedded program, which is processed by Internet Explorer.
| CVE ID | CVE-2002-2313 |
|---|---|
| Severity | HIGH |
| CVSS score | 8.8 |
| CVSS vector | AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:N |
| CWE | NVD-CWE-Other |
| Status | Modified |
| Published | 2002-12-31 |
| Last modified | 2026-04-16 |
| Description | Eudora email client 5.1.1, with "use Microsoft viewer" enabled, allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary programs via an HTML email message containing a META refresh tag that references an embedded .mhtml file with ActiveX controls that execute a second embedded program, which is processed by Internet Explorer. |
| Source | NIST National Vulnerability Database |
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