PT-2008-6585 · Quick Heal · Cat-Quickheal

Xhakerman2006 · Published 2008-12-12 · Updated 2018-10-11 · CVE-2008-5524

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v2.0

9.3

High

Base vector

AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions CAT-QuickHeal versions 9.50 through 10.00

Description The issue allows remote attackers to bypass detection of malware in an HTML document. This can be achieved by placing an MZ header at the beginning of the document and modifying the filename to have no extension, a .txt extension, or a .jpg extension.

Recommendations For CAT-QuickHeal versions 9.50 through 10.00, update the software to a version that includes improved malware detection capabilities to prevent bypassing of malware detection.

Fix

RCE

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-20

Related Identifiers

CVE-2008-5524

Affected Products

Cat-Quickheal

References · 5

• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2008-5524 · Security Note
• http://securityfocus.com/archive/1/499043/100/0/threaded · Note
• http://securityreason.com/securityalert/4723 · Note
• http://securityfocus.com/archive/1/498995/100/0/threaded · Note
• https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/47435 · Note