CVE-2008-5544

2008-12-1218:30:03

CWE-20

mitre

web.nvd.nist.gov

cve-2008-5544

malware detection

remote attackers

html document

mz header

internet explorer

exploit

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

6.3

Confidence

Low

EPSS

0.972

Percentile

99.9%

JSON

Hacksoft The Hacker 6.3.1.2.174 and possibly 6.3.0.9.081, 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

hacksoftthe_hackerMatch6.3.0.9.081

hacksoftthe_hackerMatch6.3.1.2.174

AND

microsoftinternet_explorerMatch6

microsoftinternet_explorerMatch7

VendorProductVersionCPE
hacksoftthe_hacker6.3.0.9.081cpe:2.3:a:hacksoft:the_hacker:6.3.0.9.081:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
hacksoftthe_hacker6.3.1.2.174cpe:2.3:a:hacksoft:the_hacker:6.3.1.2.174:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
microsoftinternet_explorer6cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:internet_explorer:6:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
microsoftinternet_explorer7cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:internet_explorer:7:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

Vendor	Product	Version	CPE
hacksoft	the_hacker	6.3.0.9.081	cpe:2.3:a:hacksoft:the_hacker:6.3.0.9.081:::::::*
hacksoft	the_hacker	6.3.1.2.174	cpe:2.3:a:hacksoft:the_hacker:6.3.1.2.174:::::::*
microsoft	internet_explorer	6	cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:internet_explorer:6:::::::*
microsoft	internet_explorer	7	cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:internet_explorer:7:::::::*