CVE-2008-5541

Sophos Anti-Virus 4.33.0, 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...

CVE-2008-5541

CVE-2008-5541 affects Sophos Anti-Virus 4.33.0 and describes a bypass of malware detection in HTML documents when Internet Explorer 6/7 is used. The underlying issue is an attacker placing an MZ header (the "EXE info") at the beginning of a document and altering the filename to have no extension,...