Unrated severityNVD Advisory· Published Apr 30, 2009· Updated Jun 16, 2026

CVE-2009-1348

Description

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.

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Affected products

McAfee/Active Virus Defense
cpe:2.3:a:mcafee:active_virus_defense:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
McAfee/Active Virusscan
cpe:2.3:a:mcafee:active_virusscan:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
McAfee/Email Gateway
cpe:2.3:a:mcafee:email_gateway:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
McAfee/Internet Security Suite2 versions
cpe:2.3:a:mcafee:internet_security_suite:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*+ 1 more
- cpe:2.3:a:mcafee:internet_security_suite:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:mcafee:internet_security_suite:2004:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
McAfee/Internet Securityllm-create
Range: < DAT 5600
McAfee/Total Protection 2010llm-fuzzy
Range: < DAT 5600
McAfee/Virusscanllm-fuzzy
Range: < DAT 5600

Patches

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References

kc.mcafee.com/corporate/indexnvdPatchVendor Advisory
secunia.com/advisories/34949nvdVendor Advisory
blog.zoller.lu/2009/04/mcafee-multiple-bypassesevasions-ziprar.htmlnvd
www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/503173/100/0/threadednvd
www.securityfocus.com/bid/34780nvd

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