PT-2008-6598 · Pc Tools · Pc Tools Antivirus

Published 2008-12-12 · Updated 2018-10-11 · CVE-2008-5537

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 PC Tools AntiVirus version 4.4.2.0

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 PC Tools AntiVirus version 4.4.2.0, consider updating the software to a version that includes improved malware detection capabilities to prevent bypassing of malware detection.

Fix

RCE

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-20

Related Identifiers

CVE-2008-5537

Affected Products

Pc Tools Antivirus

References · 5

• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2008-5537 · 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