CVE-2005-3379 Security feature bypass in n/a

Medium 5.1 Published Updated

Remote attackers can bypass virus scanning by crafting files with misleading magic bytes, allowing malicious code execution on end systems.

Exploited in the wild
Not known
Login needed
Not needed
Attackable
Over the internet
Victim action needed
A user has to click or open something
Fix
None listed

What is CVE-2005-3379?

CVE-2005-3379 is a medium-severity vulnerability in n/a, published on 29 Oct 2005. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, and only if a user opens a file or follows a link.

Official description

Multiple interpretation error in Trend Micro (1) PC-Cillin 2005 12.0.1244 with the 7.510.1002 engine and (2) OfficeScan 7.0 with the 7.510.1002 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."

Which versions are affected by CVE-2005-3379?

It affects 2 products.

Products include Trend Micro Officescan, Trend Micro Pc-Cillin 2005.

How do I fix CVE-2005-3379?

No fix has been published for CVE-2005-3379 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

Is CVE-2005-3379 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2005-3379 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Sources

Also known as GHSA-jqh5-hr97-w296.

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