CVE-2008-5546 describes a bypass vulnerability in VirusBlokAda VBA32 3.12.8.5 when used with Internet Explorer 6 or 7. Remote attackers could evade malware detection in HTML documents by prepending an MZ header and altering the file extension to none, .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, public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion surrounding this CVE.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
3.12.8.5CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:virusblokada:vba32_antivirus:3.12.8.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 2.0
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
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