CVE-2008-5541

published 2008-12-12

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…

Priority P3 38 critical 9.3 CVSS 2.0

AV N AC M Au N C C I C A C

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 demonstrated by a document containing a CVE-2006-5745 exploit.

Affected

1 ranges

Vendor	Product	Version range	Fixed in
sophos	anti-virus	—	—

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