CVE-2008-5522: Avg Antivirus vulnerability
Avg · Antivirus
Affected: Avg Antivirus · Exploitation: possible (1 to 10%)
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Higher than 87% of scored CVEs
Not scored yet. The CVE record carries no CVSS score.
DescriptionCVE.org
AVG Anti-Virus 8.0.0.161, 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.
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- Exploitation
- Possible (1 to 10%). EPSS between 1% and 10%.
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Public check
- No public nuclei template
- Vendor
- Avg
- Published
- December 2008
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