CVE-2005-3379

Multiple interpretation error in Trend Micro (1) PC-Cillin 2005 12.0.1244 with the 7.510.1002 engine and (2) OfficeScan 7.0 with the 7.510.1002 engine allows remote attackers to bypass virus scanning via a file such as BAT, HTML, and EML with an "MZ" magic byte sequence which is normally associated with EXE, which causes the file to be treated as a safe type that could still be executed as a dangerous file type by applications on the end system, as demonstrated by a "triple headed" program that contains EXE, EML, and HTML content, aka the "magic byte bug."

Published: 2005-10-30 Last update: 2026-06-16 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]

Conclusion & alert: CVE-2005-3379 is rated Moderate Risk (46.1/100): CVSS Medium severity, with medium exploitation likelihood (EPSS 1.45%). Core evidence: EPSS rose +1.22% over the last day, indicating growing attacker interest. Mandatory action: Review affected assets and schedule remediation.

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Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2005-3379

EPSS lead: Daily EPSS estimates relative likelihood of exploitation; percentile ranks this CVE among scored vulnerabilities (higher = more severe relative rank).

# Date Old EPSS score New EPSS score Delta (New - Old)
1 2026-06-15 0.23% 1.45% +1.22%
2 2025-03-30 0.26% 0.23% -0.03%
3 2025-03-29 0.26%

Full EPSS history (13 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2005-3379

CVSS metrics for this CVE.

Base score Version Severity Vector Exploitability Impact Score source
5.1 2.0 MEDIUM
AV:N/AC:H/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P Click to expand
Access vector (AV:N)
Can be exploited remotely over network reachability.
Access complexity (AC:H)
Exploitation requires uncommon or highly specific conditions.
Authentication (AU:N)
No authentication is required.
Confidentiality impact (C:P)
Partial confidentiality impact.
Integrity impact (I:P)
Partial integrity impact.
Availability impact (A:P)
Partial availability impact.
4.9 6.4 [email protected]

Weakness enumeration for CVE-2005-3379

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2005-3379

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
trend_micro officescan 7.0_engine_7.510.1002 cpe:2.3:a:trend_micro:officescan:7.0_engine_7.510.1002:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
trend_micro pc-cillin_2005 12.0.1244_engine_7.510.1002 cpe:2.3:a:trend_micro:pc-cillin_2005:12.0.1244_engine_7.510.1002:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-2005-3379

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