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CVE-2008-5531Not scoredCWE-20

CVE-2008-5531: Fortinet Fortiguard Antivirus vulnerability

Fortinet · Fortiguard Antivirus

Affected: Fortinet Fortiguard Antivirus · Exploitation: possible (1 to 10%)

Not in CyberSIXT coverage yet: no article names this CVE. This page shows the public record.

3.0%probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
87th percentile
050100

Higher than 87% of scored CVEs

Not scored yet. The CVE record carries no CVSS score.

DescriptionCVE.org

Fortinet Antivirus 3.113.0.0, 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
Fortinet
Published
December 2008

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