cve/2008/CVE-2008-5539.md

### [CVE-2008-5539](https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2008-5539)
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### Description

RISING Antivirus 21.06.31.00 and possibly 20.61.42.00, 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.

### POC

#### Reference
- http://securityreason.com/securityalert/4723

#### Github
No PoCs found on GitHub currently.