CVE-2005-3401 Information

Description

Multiple interpretation error in TheHacker 5.8.4.128 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.\

Reference

http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=113026417802703&w=2 http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=113036131526435&w=2 http://securityreason.com/securityalert/114 http://securityreason.com/securityalert/122