CVEvulnerability
CVE-2008-5540
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
Secure Computing Secure Web Gateway (aka Webwasher), 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
• secure computing secure web gateway
• secure computing webwasher
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