CVEvulnerability
CVE-2008-5520
9.3 HIGH
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- Status
- Modified
- Published
- 2008-12-12
- Last modified
- 2026-06-16
- Assigner
- [email protected]
- CVSS 2.0 ([email protected])
- 9.3 HIGH — AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
- Weaknesses
- CWE-20
Description
AhnLab V3 2008.12.4.1 and possibly 2008.9.13.0, 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 configurations
• ahnlab v3 internet security 2008.9.13.0
• ahnlab v3 internet security 2008.12.4.1
Related
Weakness · CWE (1)
- CWE-20 Improper Input Validation weakness
References
- http://securityreason.com/securityalert/4723 securityreason.com
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/498995/100/0/threaded www.securityfocus.com
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/499043/100/0/threaded www.securityfocus.com
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/47435 exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com
- http://securityreason.com/securityalert/4723 securityreason.com
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/498995/100/0/threaded www.securityfocus.com
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/499043/100/0/threaded www.securityfocus.com
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/47435 exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com