# CVE-2002-0485: Security feature bypass in n/a

> Remote attackers can bypass content filtering in Norton Anti-Virus by using mixed-case headers in email attachments, allowing malicious content to pass inspection.

- **Severity:** High 7.5 (`CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N`)
- **Exploited in the wild:** Not known
- **Login needed:** Not needed
- **Attackable:** Over the internet
- **Victim action needed:** Not needed
- **Fix available:** No
- **Published:** 11 Jun 2002
- **Updated:** 16 Jan 2025
- **Also known as:** GHSA-vv2m-p3gp-w7p3

## What is CVE-2002-0485?

CVE-2002-0485 is a high-severity vulnerability in Symantec Norton Antivirus, published on 11 Jun 2002. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.

### Official description

Norton Anti-Virus (NAV) allows remote attackers to bypass content filtering via attachments whose Content-Type and Content-Disposition headers are mixed upper and lower case, which is ignored by some mail clients.

Weakness: CWE-178 (Improper Handling of Case Sensitivity)

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2002-0485?

It affects 1 product.


Products: Symantec Norton Antivirus.

## How do I fix CVE-2002-0485?

No fix has been published for CVE-2002-0485 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

## Is CVE-2002-0485 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2002-0485 in the wild and no public exploit code.

## Other vulnerabilities in Symantec Norton Antivirus

- [CVE-2005-2017](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2005-2017/): Privilege escalation in n/a (critical 10.0)
- [CVE-2004-0487](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2004-0487/): Other in n/a (critical 10.0)
- [CVE-2006-3456](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2006-3456/): Code injection in n/a (high 8.5)
- [CVE-2002-2206](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2002-2206/): Denial of service in n/a (high 7.8)
- [CVE-2002-1774](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2002-1774/): Security feature bypass in n/a (high 7.5)

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2002-0485 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2002-0485 is a high-severity vulnerability in Symantec Norton Antivirus, published on 11 Jun 2002. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.
Exploitation: There is no known exploitation of CVE-2002-0485 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Affected product: Symantec Norton Antivirus. No package-level version data is available, so check the vendor advisory linked from the reference page.

Task:
1. Search the dependency manifests and lockfiles (for example package.json, package-lock.json, requirements.txt, poetry.lock, uv.lock, pom.xml, build.gradle, go.mod, Cargo.lock, Gemfile.lock) and any Dockerfiles for the affected packages, including transitive dependencies.
2. If an affected version is in use, upgrade it to the fixed version for its release line with the project's package manager, so the lockfile is regenerated. Prefer the smallest upgrade that fixes it.
3. If there is no fix, or the upgrade would break the build, do not guess: explain the risk and the safest workaround instead.
4. Run the tests and summarise what changed and why.
5. If nothing in the project is affected, say so and change nothing.

Reference: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2002-0485/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2002-0485/index.md)
```

## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2002-0485
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2002-0485
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2002-0485

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From sbomify Insights: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2002-0485/
Summaries are generated and may contain mistakes; the official description above is the record.