FKIE_CVE-2009-1491

Vulnerability from fkie_nvd - Published: 2009-05-05 19:30 - Updated: 2026-06-16 23:07
Severity
Summary
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
cve@mitre.orghttp://www.nmrc.org/~thegnome/blog/apr09/Exploit
cve@mitre.orghttps://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/50354
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.nmrc.org/~thegnome/blog/apr09/Exploit
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/50354
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version
mcafee groupshield *
microsoft exchange_server 2000
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