CVE-2009-1491

Published: May 5, 2009Modified: Apr 23, 2026

9.3

Vector

AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

Exploitability: 8.6 / Impact: 10.0

Source: NVD

Description

McAfee GroupShield for Microsoft Exchange on Exchange Server 2000, and possibly other anti-virus or anti-spam products from McAfee or other vendors, does not scan X- headers for malicious content, which allows remote attackers to bypass virus detection via a crafted message, as demonstrated by a message with an X-Testing header and no message body.

Affected (1)

Products: Mcafee: Groupshield

1 product

Configuration A

1 vulnerable · 1 platform

Vulnerable Software	Affected Versions
Mcafee Groupshield	All versions

Running on/with	Platform Versions
Microsoft Exchange Server	Version 2000

Related CWEs

Improper Input Validation

The product receives input or data, but it does not validate or incorrectly validates that the input has the properties that are required to process the data safely and correctly.

References (4)

http://www.nmrc.org/~thegnome/blog/apr09/

Source: cve@mitre.org

Exploit

https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/50354

Source: cve@mitre.org

http://www.nmrc.org/~thegnome/blog/apr09/

Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108

Exploit

https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/50354

Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108

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