CVE-2024-10635 MEDIUM

CVE-2024-10635: Enterprise Protection S/MIME Opaque Signature Attachment Scanning Bypass

Vendor Proofpoint
Product Enterprise Protection
Weakness CWE-754
Published April 28, 2025
Last update October 6, 2025

CVSS base score

6.1/10
Attack vector Network
Attack complexity Low
Privileges required None
User interaction Required
Confidentiality Low
Integrity Low

CVSS vector

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N

What the vulnerability does

01Description

Enterprise Protection contains an improper input validation vulnerability in attachment defense that allows an unauthenticated remote attacker to bypass attachment scanning security policy by sending a malicious S/MIME attachment with an opaque signature. When opened by a recipient in a downstream email client, the malicious attachment could cause partial loss of integrity and confidentiality to their system.

Key dates

02Disclosure timeline

April 28, 2025 CVE published
October 6, 2025 Record updated