CVEvulnerability

CVE-2005-3401

5.0 MEDIUM Published 2005-11-01 Modified 2026-06-16 Official page ↗
Status
Modified
Published
2005-11-01
Last modified
2026-06-16
Assigner
[email protected]
CVSS 2.0 ([email protected])
5.0 MEDIUM — AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N

Description

Multiple interpretation error in TheHacker 5.8.4.128 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

• thehacker thehacker 5.8.4.128

References