CVE-2008-5524 describes a bypass vulnerability in CAT-QuickHeal 10.00 and potentially 9.50 when used with Internet Explorer 6 or 7. Remote attackers could circumvent malware detection in HTML documents by prepending an MZ header and using specific file extensions (none, .txt, or .jpg). This vulnerability has a critical CVSS score of 9.3, indicating a network-based attack with medium complexity and complete confidentiality, integrity, and availability impacts. Despite its severity, there is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion or media coverage.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
9.50CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:quickheal:cat_quickheal:9.50:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
10.00CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:quickheal:cat_quickheal:10.00:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 2.0
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
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The average CVE in this peer group has 0.1 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.
Remediation records are not available for this CVE.