CVE-2008-5527

2008-12-1218:30:02

CWE-20

mitre

web.nvd.nist.gov

eset smart security

internet explorer

bypass vulnerability

cve-2008-5527

nvd

malware detection

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

ESET Smart Security, 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

esetsmart_securityMatch3.0

AND

microsoftinternet_explorerMatch6

microsoftinternet_explorerMatch7

VendorProductVersionCPE
esetsmart_security3.0cpe:2.3:a:eset:smart_security:3.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
microsoftinternet_explorer6cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:internet_explorer:6:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
microsoftinternet_explorer7cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:internet_explorer:7:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

Vendor	Product	Version	CPE
eset	smart_security	3.0	cpe:2.3:a:eset:smart_security:3.0:::::::*
microsoft	internet_explorer	6	cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:internet_explorer:6:::::::*
microsoft	internet_explorer	7	cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:internet_explorer:7:::::::*