CVE-2009-1491

McAfee GroupShield - Virus Detection Bypass via X-Header Injection

Title source: llm
STIX 2.1

Description

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.

References (2)

Core 2
Core References
Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry vdb-entry x_refsource_xf
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/50354

Scores

EPSS 0.0025
EPSS Percentile 47.9%

Details

CWE
CWE-20
Status published
Products (1)
mcafee/groupshield
Published May 05, 2009
Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026