CVE-2005-2298 describes a vulnerability in BitDefender Engine 1.6.1 and earlier, where the antivirus software fails to properly scan all email attachments. This flaw allows remote attackers to bypass virus detection by embedding specific "begin" and "end" commands within the email body, which the engine misinterprets as a uuencoded attachment, subsequently halting further scanning. The vulnerability has a CVSS score of 5.0, indicating a medium severity with low attack complexity and potential for partial integrity impact (AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N). There is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion or media coverage surrounding this CVE.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
<= 1.6.1CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:softwin:bitdefender_engine:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 2.0
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N
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Remediation records are not available for this CVE.