First published: Sat Oct 29 2005(Updated: )
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."
Credit: cve@mitre.org
Affected Software | Affected Version | How to fix |
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Sophos Sophos Anti-virus | =3.91_engine_2.28.4 |
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