Bypassing Malware Detection in PrivaWall Antivirus 5.6 and Earlier via Crafted Office XML Files

Bypassing Malware Detection in PrivaWall Antivirus 5.6 and Earlier via Crafted Office XML Files

CVE-2012-1907 · MEDIUM Severity

AV:N/AC:M/AU:N/C:N/I:P/A:N

The scanner engine in PrivaWall Antivirus 5.6 and earlier does not recognize the Office XML (aka Open Document XML) file format, which allows remote attackers to bypass malware detection via a crafted file embedded in a WordML document.

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