CVE-2009-1348
The AV engine before DAT 5600 in McAfee VirusScan, Total Protection, Internet Security, SecurityShield for Microsoft ISA Server, Security for Microsoft Sharepoint, Security for Email Servers, Email Gateway, and Active Virus Defense allows remote attackers to bypass virus detection via (1) an invalid Headflags field in a malformed RAR archive, (2) an invalid Packsize field in a malformed RAR archive, or (3) an invalid Filelength field in a malformed ZIP archive.
Key facts
- CVSS score
- 7.6 (v2.0)
- Severity
- HIGH
- CVSS vector
AV:N/AC:H/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C- Weakness (CWE)
- CWE-20
- EPSS score
- 2.8% (86th percentile)
- In CISA KEV
- No
- In EU EUVD
- Yes (EUVD-2009-1346)
- Published
- April 30, 2009
- NVD last modified
- June 16, 2026
- Status
- Modified
EU Vulnerability Database (EUVD)
This vulnerability is also tracked by ENISA as EUVD-2009-1346 in the EU Vulnerability Database. Last updated in EUVD on August 7, 2024.
View on the EU Vulnerability DatabaseAffected products
- mcafee / active virus defense
- mcafee / active virusscan
- mcafee / email gateway
- mcafee / internet security suite
- mcafee / internet security suite
- mcafee / internet security suite
- mcafee / internet security suite
- mcafee / internet security suite
- mcafee / securityshield for email servers
- mcafee / securityshield for microsoft isa server
- mcafee / securityshield for microsoft sharepoint
- mcafee / total protection
- mcafee / total protection for endpoint
- mcafee / virusscan commandline
- mcafee / virusscan enterprise
- mcafee / virusscan enterprise
- mcafee / virusscan enterprise
- mcafee / virusscan enterprise
- mcafee / virusscan plus
- mcafee / virusscan usb
Certified products that may be affected
7 FIPS 140 or Common Criteria certified products, from automated matching by sec-certs.org.
- McAfee Email Gateway L1 - McAfee, Inc. - FIPS 140 2233 - historical
- McAfee Email Gateway L2 - McAfee, Inc. - FIPS 140 2234 - historical
- McAfee® Email Gateway (MEG) software v7.0.1, running on VMware server - McAfee, Inc. - Common Criteria 383-4-241 - archived
- McAfee® Email Gateway (MEG) software v7.0.1, running on appliance models 4000-B, 4500-B, 5000(B, C & C-2U), 5500(B & C), and the Content Security Blade Server - McAfee, Inc. - Common Criteria 383-4-198 - archived
- McAfee® Email Gateway (MEG) software v7.0.1, running on appliance models 4000-B, 4500-B, 5000(B, C & C-2U), 5500(B & C), and the Content Security Blade Server - McAfee, Inc. - Common Criteria 383-4-198 - archived
See all 7 in the Security Certifications Explorer.
References
- http://blog.zoller.lu/2009/04/mcafee-multiple-bypassesevasions-ziprar.html
- http://secunia.com/advisories/34949(Vendor Advisory)
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/503173/100/0/threaded
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/34780
- https://kc.mcafee.com/corporate/index?page=content&id=SB10001&actp=LIST_RECENT(Patch, Vendor Advisory)
Last updated September 17, 2026 · Source: NVD, CISA KEV, FIRST.org EPSS
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