CVE-2008-5530 describes a bypass vulnerability in Ewido Security Suite 4.0 when used with Internet Explorer 6 or 7. Attackers can evade malware detection in HTML documents by prepending an MZ header and using specific file extensions (none, .txt, or .jpg), as demonstrated with a CVE-2006-5745 exploit. This vulnerability carries a critical CVSS score of 9.3, indicating a network-based attack with medium complexity that can lead to complete compromise of confidentiality, integrity, and availability. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
4.0CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:avg:ewido_security_suite:4.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
4.0CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:ewido:ewido_security_suite:4.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 2.0
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
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No media coverage found for this CVE.
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.