CVE-2005-3377

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Summary

CVECVE-2005-3377
StatePUBLIC
Assigner[email protected]
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2005-10-30 14:34:00 UTC
Updated2016-10-18 03:34:00 UTC
DescriptionMultiple interpretation error in (1) McAfee Internet Security Suite 7.1.5 version 9.1.08 with the 4.4.00 engine and (2) McAfee Corporate 8.0.0 patch 10 with the 4400 engine allows remote attackers to bypass virus scanning via a file such as BAT, HTML, and EML with an "MZ" magic byte sequence which is normally associated with EXE, which causes the file to be treated as a safe type that could still be executed as a dangerous file type by applications on the end system, as demonstrated by a "triple headed" program that contains EXE, EML, and HTML content, aka the "magic byte bug."

Risk And Classification

Problem Types: NVD-CWE-Other

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Application Mcafee Internet Security Suite 7.1.5_version_9.1.08_engine_4.4.00 All All All
Application Mcafee Internet Security Suite 8.0.0_patch_10_engine_4400 All All All
Application Mcafee Internet Security Suite 7.1.5_version_9.1.08_engine_4.4.00 All All All
Application Mcafee Internet Security Suite 8.0.0_patch_10_engine_4400 All All All

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
'Multiple Vendor Anti-Virus Software Detection Evasion Vulnerability through' - MARC BUGTRAQ marc.info
404 Not Found | AppleElf MISC www.securityelf.org Vendor Advisory
Update for magic byte bug MISC www.securityelf.org
Multiple Vendor Anti-Virus Magic Byte Detection Evasion Vulnerability BID www.securityfocus.com
404 Not Found | AppleElf MISC www.securityelf.org
CVE Program record CVE.ORG www.cve.org canonical
NVD vulnerability detail NVD nvd.nist.gov canonical, analysis
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