Multiple interpretation error in various F-Secure Anti-Virus products, including Workstation 5.43 and earlier, Windows Servers 5.50 and…

Description

Multiple interpretation error in various F-Secure Anti-Virus products, including Workstation 5.43 and earlier, Windows Servers 5.50 and earlier, MIMEsweeper 5.50 and earlier, Anti-Virus for Linux Servers and Gateways 4.61 and earlier, and other products, allows remote attackers to bypass antivirus protection via a compressed file with both local and global headers set to zero, which does not prevent the compressed file from being opened on the target system.

Scores

EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)

10.6% · top 4.2% of all CVEs (4 Nov 2026)

The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: Medium 5.0.

Weakness

• n/a

Affected products

• n/a

  • affected n/a

References (6)

• 13263 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
• P-041 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisorygovernment-resourcex_refsource_CIACx_transferred
• VU#968818 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_CERT-VNx_transferred
• http://www.f-secure.com/security/fsc-2004-3.shtml (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
• 11732 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDx_transferred
• fsecure-zip-scan-bypass(18217) (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_XFx_transferred

Sources

The same CVE in the primary databases and aggregators, to check against.

• CVE.org record (opens in a new tab)
• CVE List JSON (GitHub) (opens in a new tab)
• NVD (opens in a new tab)
• FIRST EPSS (opens in a new tab)
• OSV.dev (opens in a new tab)
• GitHub Advisories (opens in a new tab)
• CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)

Badge for a README or a ticket

[![CVE-2004-2442](https://trackcve.app/badge/CVE-2004-2442.svg)](https://trackcve.app/cve/CVE-2004-2442)

Record last updated 8 Aug 2024, 01:29 UTC.