CVE-2008-5538 describes a bypass vulnerability in Prevx Prevx1 2 when used with Internet Explorer 6 or 7. Remote attackers could evade malware detection by embedding an MZ header within an HTML document 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 and 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 for this CVE.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
2CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:prevx:prevx1:2:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 2.0
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
No social media mentions found for this CVE.
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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.