CVE-2005-3400
Fortinet 2.48.0.0 - Virus Scanning Bypass via MZ Magic Byte Sequence
Title source: llmDescription
Multiple interpretation error in Fortinet 2.48.0.0 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."
References (2)
Core 2
Core References
Mailing List mailing-list
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http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=113036131526435&w=2
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http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=113026417802703&w=2
Scores
EPSS
0.0022
EPSS Percentile
44.4%
Details
Status
published
Products (1)
fortinet/fortinet
2.48.0.0
Published
Nov 01, 2005
Tracked Since
Feb 18, 2026