{"answers":{"affected":"It affects 1 product.","exploited":"There is no known exploitation of CVE-2008-5525 in the wild and no public exploit code.","fix":"No fix has been published for CVE-2008-5525 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.","what":"CVE-2008-5525 is a critical vulnerability in Clamav Clamav, published on 12 Dec 2008. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, and only if a user opens a file or follows a link."},"fix_prompt":"Check this codebase for CVE-2008-5525 and fix it if it is affected.\n\nWhat it is: CVE-2008-5525 is a critical vulnerability in Clamav Clamav, published on 12 Dec 2008. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, and only if a user opens a file or follows a link.\nExploitation: There is no known exploitation of CVE-2008-5525 in the wild and no public exploit code.\n\nAffected product: Clamav Clamav. No package-level version data is available, so check the vendor advisory linked from the reference page.\n\nTask:\n1. Search the dependency manifests and lockfiles (for example package.json, package-lock.json, requirements.txt, poetry.lock, uv.lock, pom.xml, build.gradle, go.mod, Cargo.lock, Gemfile.lock) and any Dockerfiles for the affected packages, including transitive dependencies.\n2. If an affected version is in use, upgrade it to the fixed version for its release line with the project's package manager, so the lockfile is regenerated. Prefer the smallest upgrade that fixes it.\n3. If there is no fix, or the upgrade would break the build, do not guess: explain the risk and the safest workaround instead.\n4. Run the tests and summarise what changed and why.\n5. If nothing in the project is affected, say so and change nothing.\n\nReference: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2008-5525/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2008-5525/index.md)","id":"CVE-2008-5525","markdown":"https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2008-5525/index.md","name":"CVE-2008-5525","record":{"aliases":["GHSA-m5gr-42wf-5c95"],"analysis":{"component_type":"server_software","fix_type":"upgrade","impacts":["security_bypass"],"network_reachable":"yes","non_default_config":false,"product_category":"Antivirus engine","requires_auth":"none","summary":"Remote attackers can bypass ClamAV malware detection in HTML documents by adding an MZ header and altering file extensions, requiring user interaction via Internet Explorer.","user_interaction":"required","vuln_class":"security_feature_bypass"},"analysis_generated_by":"qwen3.8-flash-next","assigner":"mitre","cpe":[{"product":"clamav","vendor":"clamav"}],"cvss":{"score":9.3,"severity":"critical","source":"nvd","vector":"AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C","version":"2.0"},"cwes":[{"id":"CWE-20","name":"Improper Input Validation"}],"description":"ClamAV 0.94.1 and possibly 0.93.1, 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.","ecosystems":[],"exploits":{"exploitdb":0,"first_seen":null,"github_poc":0,"max_poc_stars":null,"metasploit":0,"nuclei":0,"refs":[],"tier":"none_known"},"has_fix":null,"headline":"Security feature bypass in n/a","id":"CVE-2008-5525","indexable":true,"kev":null,"kind":"cve","links":{"ecosystem":null,"product":"clamav:clamav","products":["clamav:clamav"],"type":"security_feature_bypass","year":"2008"},"n_packages":0,"n_references":4,"next":{"headline":"Security feature bypass in n/a","id":"CVE-2008-5526"},"packages":[],"prev":{"headline":"Security feature bypass in n/a","id":"CVE-2008-5524"},"products":["n/a"],"published":"2008-12-12","related":[{"cvss_score":10,"headline":"Security feature bypass in n/a","id":"CVE-2010-0098","kev_date_added":null,"published":"2010-04-08"},{"cvss_score":10,"headline":"Memory corruption in n/a","id":"CVE-2009-1372","kev_date_added":null,"published":"2009-04-23"},{"cvss_score":10,"headline":"Denial of service in n/a","id":"CVE-2008-3914","kev_date_added":null,"published":"2008-09-09"},{"cvss_score":10,"headline":"Memory corruption in n/a","id":"CVE-2008-0728","kev_date_added":null,"published":"2008-02-12"},{"cvss_score":10,"headline":"Other in n/a","id":"CVE-2006-1615","kev_date_added":null,"published":"2006-04-06"},{"cvss_score":9.8,"headline":"ClamAV PDF Scanning Buffer Overflow Vulnerability","id":"CVE-2025-20260","kev_date_added":null,"published":"2025-06-18"},{"cvss_score":9.8,"headline":"Memory corruption in n/a","id":"CVE-2013-7087","kev_date_added":null,"published":"2019-11-15"}],"sources":[{"class":"attribution","licence":"CVE Terms of Use (MITRE)","name":"CVE List","prefix":"CVE"},{"class":"attribution","licence":"US public information, NVD API terms","name":"NVD"},{"class":"attribution","licence":"CWE Terms of Use","name":"CWE (MITRE)"},{"class":"attribution","licence":"FIRST CVSS licence","name":"CVSS (FIRST)"}],"ssvc":{"automatable":null,"exploitation":null,"technical_impact":null},"state":"PUBLISHED","updated":"2024-08-07","vendors":["n/a"]},"summary":"Remote attackers can bypass ClamAV malware detection in HTML documents by adding an MZ header and altering file extensions, requiring user interaction via Internet Explorer.","url":"https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2008-5525/"}