CVE-2009-1491

McAfee GroupShield for Microsoft Exchange on Exchange Server 2000, and possibly other anti-virus or anti-spam products from McAfee or other vendors, does not scan X- headers for malicious content, which allows remote attackers to bypass virus detection via a crafted message, as demonstrated by a message with an X-Testing header and no message body.

CVSS v2.0 9.3 HIGH

9.3^/10

CVSS v2.0 : HIGH

Vector : AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

Exploitability : 8.6 / Impact : 10.0

Access Vector NETWORK

Access Complexity MEDIUM

Authentication NONE

Confidentiality Impact COMPLETE

Integrity Impact COMPLETE

Availability Impact COMPLETE

References

Link	Resource
http://www.nmrc.org/~thegnome/blog/apr09/	Exploit
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/50354

Configurations

Configuration 1 (hide)

AND

cpe:2.3:a:mcafee:groupshield:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:exchange_server:2000:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

History

No history.

Information

Published : 2009-05-05 19:30

Updated : 2023-12-10 10:51

NVD link : CVE-2009-1491

Mitre link : CVE-2009-1491

CVE.ORG link : CVE-2009-1491

JSON object : View

Products Affected

mcafee

groupshield

microsoft

exchange_server

CWE

CWE-20

Improper Input Validation

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