CVE-2008-5547: Hauri Virobot

High severity, CVSS 9.3. EPSS: 1.9% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

HAURI ViRobot 2008.12.4.1499 and possibly 2008.9.12.1375, 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.

Affected products

• Hauri Virobot: version 2008.9.12.1375 only; version 2008.12.4.1499 only

Published 2008-12-12. Last modified 2026-06-16.