CVE-2008-5538

2008-12-1218:30:03

CWE-20

[email protected]

web.nvd.nist.gov

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

0.971

Percentile

99.8%

JSON

Prevx Prevx1 2, 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

prevxprevx1Match2

AND

microsoftinternet_explorerMatch6

microsoftinternet_explorerMatch7

VendorProductVersionCPE
prevxprevx12cpe:2.3:a:prevx:prevx1:2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
microsoftinternet_explorer6cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:internet_explorer:6:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
microsoftinternet_explorer7cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:internet_explorer:7:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

Vendor	Product	Version	CPE
prevx	prevx1	2	cpe:2.3:a:prevx:prevx1:2:::::::*
microsoft	internet_explorer	6	cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:internet_explorer:6:::::::*
microsoft	internet_explorer	7	cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:internet_explorer:7:::::::*