PT-2008-6604 · Symantec · Symantec Antivirus

Published 2008-12-12 · Updated 2018-10-11 · CVE-2008-5543

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 Symantec AntiVirus (SAV) version 10

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 Symantec AntiVirus (SAV) version 10, 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-2008-5543

Affected Products

Symantec Antivirus

References · 5

• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2008-5543 · 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