Vulnerability Details CVE-2005-3382
Multiple interpretation error in Sophos 3.91 with the 2.28.4 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."
Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score
EPSS Score 0.037
EPSS Ranking 87.4%
CVSS Severity
CVSS v2 Score 5.0
References
- http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=113026417802703&w=2
- http://www.securityelf.org/magicbyte.html
- http://www.securityelf.org/magicbyteadv.html
- http://www.securityelf.org/updmagic.html
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/15189
- http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=113026417802703&w=2
- http://www.securityelf.org/magicbyte.html
- http://www.securityelf.org/magicbyteadv.html
- http://www.securityelf.org/updmagic.html
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/15189
Products affected by CVE-2005-3382
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cpe:2.3:a:sophos:sophos_anti-virus:3.91_engine_2.28.4