| Name | CVE-2008-5525 |
| Description | ClamAV 0.94.1 and possibly 0.93.1, 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. |
| Source | CVE (at NVD; CERT, LWN, oss-sec, fulldisc, Red Hat, Ubuntu, Gentoo, SUSE bugzilla/CVE, GitHub advisories/code/issues, web search, more) |
The table below lists information on source packages.
| Source Package | Release | Version | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| clamav (PTS) | buster | 0.103.6+dfsg-0+deb10u1 | fixed |
| buster (security) | 0.103.9+dfsg-0+deb10u1 | fixed | |
| bullseye | 0.103.10+dfsg-0+deb11u1 | fixed | |
| bookworm | 1.0.3+dfsg-1~deb12u1 | fixed | |
| sid, trixie | 1.0.6+dfsg-1 | fixed |
The information below is based on the following data on fixed versions.
| Package | Type | Release | Fixed Version | Urgency | Origin | Debian Bugs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| clamav | source | (unstable) | (not affected) |
- clamav <not-affected> (medium; bug #526041)
this issue refers to a clamav antivirus bypass that occurs when the user
is using IE6 or IE7 to open a malicious page with an MZ header
- all other browsers are not vulnerable
- see http://xforce.iss.net/xforce/xfdb/47435 and bug report for details