CVE-2008-5529 describes a critical vulnerability in CA eTrust Antivirus 31.6.6086, which, when used with Internet Explorer 6 or 7, allows remote attackers to bypass malware detection. By prepending an MZ header to an HTML document and manipulating its file extension (e.g., no extension, .txt, or .jpg), malicious code, such as a CVE-2006-5745 exploit, could execute undetected. 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. Despite its high 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| N/A | N/A | n/aCNA affected |
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.