PT-2008-6588 · Microsoft+1 · Internet Explorer+1

Published 2008-12-12 · Updated 2018-10-11 · CVE-2008-5527

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 ESET Smart Security (affected versions not specified)

Description The issue allows remote attackers to bypass malware detection in HTML documents when using Internet Explorer 6 or 7. 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 At the moment, there is no information about a newer version that contains a fix for this vulnerability.

RCE

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-20

Related Identifiers

CVE-2008-5527

Affected Products

Eset Smart Security

Internet Explorer

References · 5

• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2008-5527 · 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