CVE-2008-5540 describes a bypass vulnerability in Secure Computing Secure Web Gateway (Webwasher) when used with Internet Explorer 6 or 7. Attackers could evade malware detection in HTML documents by prepending an MZ header and manipulating the file extension (no extension, .txt, or .jpg). This vulnerability carries a critical CVSS score of 9.3, indicating a network-based attack with medium complexity that could lead to complete compromise of confidentiality, integrity, and availability. There is no evidence of active exploitation, publicly available exploit code, or significant community discussion surrounding this CVE.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
All Versions ImpactedCPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:secure_computing:secure_web_gateway:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
All Versions ImpactedCPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:secure_computing:webwasher:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 2.0
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
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Remediation records are not available for this CVE.