Vulnerabilities > Free AV

DATE CVE VULNERABILITY TITLE RISK
2008-12-12 CVE-2008-5521 Improper Input Validation vulnerability in Free-Av Antivir 7.8.1.28/7.9.0.36
Avira AntiVir 7.9.0.36 and possibly 7.8.1.28, 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.
network
free-av microsoft CWE-20
critical
9.3