PT-2008-6593 · Ikarus · Ikarus Virus Utilities

Xhakerman2006 · Published 2008-12-12 · Updated 2018-10-11 · CVE-2008-5532

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 Ikarus Virus Utilities version T3.1.1.45.0 Ikarus Virus Utilities version T3.1.1.34.0

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

Recommendations For Ikarus Virus Utilities version T3.1.1.45.0, update the software to detect malware in HTML documents with modified filenames and MZ headers. For Ikarus Virus Utilities version T3.1.1.34.0, update the software to detect malware in HTML documents with modified filenames and MZ headers.

Fix

RCE

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-20

Related Identifiers

CVE-2008-5532

Affected Products

Ikarus Virus Utilities

References · 5

• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2008-5532 · 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