PT-2008-6589 · Microsoft+1 · Internet Explorer+1

Xhakerman2006 · Published 2008-12-12 · Updated 2018-10-11 · CVE-2008-5528

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 Aladdin eSafe version 7.0.17.0

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 either no extension, a .txt extension, or a .jpg extension.

Recommendations For Aladdin eSafe version 7.0.17.0, consider updating the software to a version that includes fixes for this issue, as using Internet Explorer 6 or 7 with the current version may allow malware to bypass detection.

Fix

RCE

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-20

Related Identifiers

CVE-2008-5528

Affected Products

Aladdin Esafe

Internet Explorer

References · 5

• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2008-5528 · 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