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CVE-2009-1348

20
FAUCET Score

CVE-2009-1348 describes a bypass vulnerability in various McAfee security products, including VirusScan, Total Protection, and Internet Security, affecting AV engines prior to DAT 5600. Attackers could evade virus detection by crafting malformed RAR or ZIP archives with invalid header fields. This vulnerability carries a high severity CVSS score of 7.6, indicating a network-based attack with high impact on confidentiality, integrity, and availability, albeit with high attack complexity. There is no evidence of active exploitation, publicly available exploit code, or significant community discussion surrounding this CVE.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
All Versions ImpactedCPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:mcafee:active_virus_defense:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
All Versions ImpactedCPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:mcafee:active_virusscan:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
All Versions ImpactedCPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:mcafee:email_gateway:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
All Versions ImpactedCPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:mcafee:internet_security_suite:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
2004CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:mcafee:internet_security_suite:2004:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 2.0

7.6HIGH

AV:N/AC:H/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

Confidentiality Impact
COMPLETE
Integrity Impact
COMPLETE
Availability Impact
COMPLETE
Access Vector
NETWORK
Access Complexity
HIGH
Authentication
NONE
Exploitability Score
4.9
Impact Score
10.0
CvssVersion
2.0

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
2.83%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
85.1%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-24
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0284 is in the 43rd percentile among its peer group of 8,914 CVEs.

Social Chatter

No social media mentions found for this CVE.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.1 Reddit, 0.1 Bluesky, 0.0 Mastodon, and 0.2 GitHub mentions.

Media Mentions

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

Remediation records are not available for this CVE.

References

blog.zoller.lu / 2009/04/mcafee-multiple-bypassesevasions-ziprar.html
secunia.com / advisories/34949
Vendor Advisory
kc.mcafee.com / corporate/index
PatchVendor Advisory
securityfocus.com / archive/1/503173/100/0/threaded
securityfocus.com / bid/34780