CVE-2008-5542 Information

Description

Sunbelt VIPRE 3.1.1832.2 and possibly 3.1.1633.1 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.

Reference

http://securityreason.com/securityalert/4723 http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/498995/100/0/threaded http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/499043/100/0/threaded https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/47435