CVEvulnerability

CVE-2005-3377

5.1 MEDIUM Published 2005-10-30 Modified 2026-06-16 Official page ↗
Status
Modified
Published
2005-10-30
Last modified
2026-06-16
Assigner
[email protected]
CVSS 2.0 ([email protected])
5.1 MEDIUM — AV:N/AC:H/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Description

Multiple interpretation error in (1) McAfee Internet Security Suite 7.1.5 version 9.1.08 with the 4.4.00 engine and (2) McAfee Corporate 8.0.0 patch 10 with the 4400 engine allows remote attackers to bypass virus scanning via a file such as BAT, HTML, and EML with an "MZ" magic byte sequence which is normally associated with EXE, which causes the file to be treated as a safe type that could still be executed as a dangerous file type by applications on the end system, as demonstrated by a "triple headed" program that contains EXE, EML, and HTML content, aka the "magic byte bug."

Affected configurations

• mcafee internet security suite 7.1.5 version 9.1.08 engine 4.4.00 • mcafee internet security suite 8.0.0 patch 10 engine 4400

References