CRITICAL: CVE-2008-5542 (CVSS 9.3) — sunbeltsoftware vipre

CVE: CVE-2008-5542

CVSS: 9.3 (2.0) — AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

Severity: CRITICAL

Status: Critical advisory

Affected

• sunbeltsoftware vipre
• microsoft internet explorer

Summary

Sunbelt VIPRE 3.1.1832.2 and possibly 3.1.1633.1, 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.

Verified Sources

• NVD entry
• GitHub Advisory
• MITRE

References

• http://securityreason.com/securityalert/4723
• http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/498995/100/0/threaded
• http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/499043/100/0/threaded
• https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/47435
• http://securityreason.com/securityalert/4723
• http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/498995/100/0/threaded
• http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/499043/100/0/threaded
• https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/47435

_Validated by the Lyrie Threat Intelligence Pipeline — 3 independent sources confirmed before publication. No speculation._