CVE-2008-5527: 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…

PriorityP432critical9.3CVSS 2.0

AVNACMAuNCCICAC

EPSS

2.24%

80.6th percentile

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

1 ranges

Vendor	Product	Version range	Fixed in
eset	smart_security	—	—

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