CVE-2008-5522 describes a bypass vulnerability in AVG Anti-Virus 8.0.0.161 when used with Internet Explorer 6 or 7. Remote attackers can evade malware detection in HTML documents by prepending an MZ header and using specific file extensions (none, .txt, or .jpg). This vulnerability carries a critical CVSS score of 9.3, indicating a high potential for complete compromise of confidentiality, integrity, and availability, with a network-based attack vector and medium attack complexity. Despite its severity, there is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion or media coverage.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
8.0.0.161CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:avg:antivirus:8.0.0.161:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
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.