CVE-2008-5547 describes a critical vulnerability in HAURI ViRobot 2008.12.4.1499 (and possibly 2008.9.12.1375) that allows remote attackers to bypass malware detection when Internet Explorer 6 or 7 is used. Attackers can embed malicious code, such as a CVE-2006-5745 exploit, within an HTML document by prepending an MZ header and using specific filename extensions like .txt or .jpg, or no extension at all. This vulnerability carries a CVSS score of 9.3, indicating a severe risk with network-based attacks, medium complexity, and complete compromise of confidentiality, integrity, and availability. While the FAUCET Risk Score is 74/100, there is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion or media coverage, suggesting it is not currently a high-profile threat.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
2008.9.12.1375CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:hauri:virobot:2008.9.12.1375:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
2008.12.4.1499CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:hauri:virobot:2008.12.4.1499:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
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.