CVE-2008-5541 describes a bypass vulnerability in Sophos Anti-Virus 4.33.0, specifically when used with Internet Explorer 6 or 7. Attackers could evade malware detection in HTML documents by prepending an MZ header and using non-standard file extensions like .txt or .jpg, or no extension at all. This vulnerability carries a critical CVSS score of 9.3, indicating a high potential for complete compromise of confidentiality, integrity, and availability, achievable remotely with medium attack complexity. There is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code, or significant community discussion surrounding this CVE.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
4.33.0CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:sophos:anti-virus:4.33.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 2.0
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
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