CVE-2008-5543 describes a critical vulnerability in Symantec AntiVirus (SAV) 10, specifically when used with Internet Explorer 6 or 7. This flaw allows remote attackers to bypass malware detection in HTML documents by prepending an MZ header and manipulating the file extension (e.g., no extension, .txt, or .jpg). With a CVSS score of 9.3, this vulnerability is highly severe, indicating a network-based attack with medium complexity that could lead to complete compromise of confidentiality, integrity, and availability. Despite its high severity, there is no evidence of active exploitation, nor is exploit code publicly available in common repositories like Metasploit or ExploitDB, and it has garnered minimal community discussion or media coverage.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
10.0CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:symantec:antivirus:10.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 2.0
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
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Remediation records are not available for this CVE.