CVE-2005-3382

mediumpriority · track · 22EPSS 0.045 · 91 %ileEUUS
grimoire priorityP3 · Track
Exploitable?
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no known exploitation
Likely / severe?
4.49% (91st) EPSS
CVSS 5 · medium
Is it mine?
2 products
Check your exposure
Who says so?
2 sources
enisa_euvd · nvd

EPSS · scored 2026-10-28

Multiple interpretation error in Sophos 3.91 with the 2.28.4 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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cvss

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5.0
010

base score 0–10 · higher = more severe · hover a vector to decode

v2.05mediumAV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:Nprimary · NVD / NIST USexploitability 10 · impact 2.9
v2.04.3mediumAV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N/E:Usecondary · CVSS-BT (t0sche)
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weaknesses

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CWE-200USLLM-inferredCWE-400USLLM-inferred
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affected products (2)

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also known as (2)

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sources

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enisa_euvdnvdNVDCVE.orgMITRE
published 2005-10-30modified 2026-06-16
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references (10)

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