CVE-2005-3401

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Summary

CVECVE-2005-3401
StatePUBLISHED
Assignermitre
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2005-11-01 12:47:00 UTC
Updated2025-04-03 01:03:51 UTC
DescriptionMultiple interpretation error in TheHacker 5.8.4.128 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

Primary CVSS: v2.0 5 from [email protected]

AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N

Problem Types: NVD-CWE-Other | n/a

CVSS v2.0 Breakdown

Access Vector
Network
Access Complexity
Low
Authentication
None
Confidentiality
None
Integrity
Partial
Availability
None

AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Application Thehacker Thehacker 5.8.4.128 All All All

Vendor Declared Affected Products

SourceVendorProductVersionPlatforms
CNA Na N/a affected n/a Not specified

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
Update for the magic byte bug - CXSecurity.com af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 securityreason.com
Multiple Vendor Anti-Virus Software Detection Evasion Vulnerability through - CXSecurity.com af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 securityreason.com
'Multiple Vendor Anti-Virus Software Detection Evasion Vulnerability through' - MARC af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 marc.info
'Update for the magic byte bug' - MARC af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 marc.info
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