CVE-2005-3372
mediumpriority · track · 21EPSS 0.014 · 73 %ileEUUSEPSS · scored 2026-10-28
Multiple interpretation error in eTrust CA 7.0.1.4 with the 11.9.1 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."
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affected products (2)
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references (10)
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- http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=113026417802703&w=2enisa_euvd
- http://www.securityelf.org/magicbyte.htmlenisa_euvd
- http://www.securityelf.org/magicbyteadv.htmlenisa_euvd
- http://www.securityelf.org/updmagic.htmlenisa_euvd
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/15189enisa_euvd
- http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=113026417802703&w=2nvd
- http://www.securityelf.org/magicbyte.htmlnvd
- http://www.securityelf.org/magicbyteadv.htmlVendor Advisorynvd
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