PT-2008-6594 · K7 · K7 Antivirus

Xhakerman2006 · Published 2008-12-12 · Updated 2018-10-11 · CVE-2008-5533

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 K7AntiVirus versions 7.10.454 through 7.10.541

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 K7AntiVirus versions 7.10.454 through 7.10.541, consider updating the software to a version that includes a fix for this issue, as the current version allows malware to bypass detection under specific conditions.

Fix

RCE

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-20

Related Identifiers

CVE-2008-5533

Affected Products

K7 Antivirus

References · 5

• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2008-5533 · 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