PT-2008-6592 · Microsoft+1 · Internet Explorer+1

Published 2008-12-12 · Updated 2018-10-11 · CVE-2008-5531

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 Fortinet Antivirus version 3.113.0.0

Description The issue allows remote attackers to bypass malware detection in HTML documents by modifying the file to include an MZ header at the beginning and altering the filename to have no extension, a .txt extension, or a .jpg extension.

Recommendations For Fortinet Antivirus version 3.113.0.0, consider updating Internet Explorer to a version newer than 7 to mitigate the risk, or avoid using the mentioned filename modifications when scanning documents for malware.

Fix

RCE

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-20

Related Identifiers

CVE-2008-5531

Affected Products

Fortinet Antivirus

Internet Explorer

References · 5

• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2008-5531 · 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