# CVE-2001-0398: The BAT! mail client allows remote attackers to bypass user warnings of an executable attachment and execute arbitrary commands via an attac

- Severity: no CVSS score reported
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Published: 2001-05-24 · Updated: 2024-08-08

## Affected

- n/a: version range not reported

## Description

The BAT! mail client allows remote attackers to bypass user warnings of an executable attachment and execute arbitrary commands via an attachment whose file name contains many spaces, which also causes the BAT! to misrepresent the attachment's type with a different icon.

## What to do

- Check your stack: if you ship or depend on n/a, no fixed version is listed yet; follow the vendor advisory per the references below.
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## Related

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## References

- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/2530
- http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/bugtraq/2001-04/0013.html

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