Improper input validation in Avg Ewido Security Suite
CVE-2008-5530
Ewido Security Suite 4.0, when Internet Explorer 6 or 7 is used, allows remote attackers to bypass detection of malware in an HTML document by placing an MZ header (aka "EXE info") at the beginning, and modifying the filename to have (1) no extension, (2) a .txt extension, or (3) a .jpg extension, as demonstrated by a document containing a CVE-2006-5745 exploit.
Vulnerability class: Drupalgeddon 2 (CVE-2018-7600)
EPSS: 0.019 (77.6th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.
Affected products
- Avg Ewido_security_suite — versions 4.0
- Ewido Ewido_security_suite — versions 4.0
- Microsoft Internet_explorer — versions 6, 7
- N/a — versions n/a
Weakness classification (CWE)
References
- cve@mitre.org (vdb-entry, x_refsource_XF)
- cve@mitre.org (x_refsource_SREASON, third-party-advisory)
- cve@mitre.org (mailing-list, x_refsource_BUGTRAQ)
- cve@mitre.org (mailing-list, x_refsource_BUGTRAQ)