CVEvulnerability

CVE-2008-5544

9.3 HIGH Published 2008-12-12 Modified 2026-06-16 Official page ↗
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

Hacksoft The Hacker 6.3.1.2.174 and possibly 6.3.0.9.081, 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

• hacksoft the hacker 6.3.0.9.081 • hacksoft the hacker 6.3.1.2.174

Related

Weakness · CWE (1)

  • CWE-20 Improper Input Validation weakness

References