CVE-2009-1240

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Summary

CVECVE-2009-1240
StatePUBLISHED
Assignermitre
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2009-04-03 18:30:00 UTC
Updated2026-04-23 00:35:47 UTC
DescriptionUnspecified vulnerability in the IBM Proventia engine 4.9.0.0.44 20081231, as used in IBM Proventia Network Mail Security System, Network Mail Security System Virtual Appliance, Desktop Endpoint Security, Network Multi-Function Security (MFS), and possibly other products, allows remote attackers to bypass detection of malware via a modified RAR archive.

Risk And Classification

Primary CVSS: v2.0 10 from [email protected]

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

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

CVSS v2.0 Breakdown

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

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

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Hardware Ibm Network Multi-function Security All All All All
Application Ibm Proventia Desktop Endpoint Security All All All All
Application Ibm Proventia Network Mail Security System All All All All
Hardware Ibm Proventia Network Mail Security System Virtual Appliance All All All All

Vendor Declared Affected Products

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

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
SecurityFocus af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.securityfocus.com
SecurityFocus af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.securityfocus.com
SecurityFocus af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.securityfocus.com
Secdev - Thierry Zoller: IBM Proventia - Evasion (limited details) af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 blog.zoller.lu
SecurityFocus af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.securityfocus.com
IBM Proventia RAR/ZIP/CAB File Scan Evasion Vulnerability af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.securityfocus.com
iss.custhelp.com/cgi-bin/iss.cfg/php/enduser/std_adp.php af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 iss.custhelp.com
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