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CVE-2009-1491
Published: May 5, 2009
Modified: Aug 7, 2024
PUBLISHED
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.
| Vendor | Product | Versions |
|---|---|---|
n/a | n/a | affected n/a |
References
groupshield-xheaders-security-bypass(50354)
vdb-entry
x_refsource_XF
http://www.nmrc.org/~thegnome/blog/apr09/
x_refsource_MISC
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