On Tue, 2005-02-01 at 14:41 -0800, Dack wrote:
By sending a base64 encoded image file in a URL an attacker could evade
virus scanning.
It's somewhat harsh to single out ClamAV for this issue. AFAICT, the
only two virus scanners that do currently protect against this are
What mail clients, if any, would execute a virus encoded in this manner?
Is this a gaping hole in other mail anti-virus systems, or do most
clients just ignore this kind of data?
I really haven't tested mail clients, but Thunderbird would be the most
likely.