CVE-2008-5526

2008-12-1218:30:02

CWE-20

mitre

web.nvd.nist.gov

drweb anti-virus

cve-2008-5526

malware detection

internet explorer

remote attack

CVSS2

9.3

Attack Vector

NETWORK

Attack Complexity

MEDIUM

Authentication

NONE

Confidentiality Impact

COMPLETE

Integrity Impact

COMPLETE

Availability Impact

COMPLETE

AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

AI Score

6.2

Confidence

Low

EPSS

0.972

Percentile

99.9%

JSON

DrWeb Anti-virus 4.44.0.09170, when Internet Explorer 6 or 7 is used, allows remote attackers to bypass detection of malware in an HTML document by placing an MZ header (aka “EXE info”) at the beginning, and modifying the filename to have (1) no extension, (2) a .txt extension, or (3) a .jpg extension, as demonstrated by a document containing a CVE-2006-5745 exploit.

Affected configurations

Nvd

Node

drwebanti-virusMatch4.44.0.09170

AND

microsoftinternet_explorerMatch6

microsoftinternet_explorerMatch7

VendorProductVersionCPE
drwebanti-virus4.44.0.09170cpe:2.3:a:drweb:anti-virus:4.44.0.09170:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
microsoftinternet_explorer6cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:internet_explorer:6:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
microsoftinternet_explorer7cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:internet_explorer:7:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

Vendor	Product	Version	CPE
drweb	anti-virus	4.44.0.09170	cpe:2.3:a:drweb:anti-virus:4.44.0.09170:::::::*
microsoft	internet_explorer	6	cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:internet_explorer:6:::::::*
microsoft	internet_explorer	7	cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:internet_explorer:7:::::::*