McAfee Internet Security Suite up to 2003 Email Gateway input validation

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A vulnerability has been found in McAfee Internet Security Suite up to 2003 and classified as critical. This vulnerability affects an unknown function of the component Email Gateway. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a input validation vulnerability. The CWE definition for the vulnerability is CWE-20. 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. As an impact it is known to affect confidentiality, integrity, and availability. CVE summarizes:

The AV engine before DAT 5600 in McAfee VirusScan, Total Protection, Internet Security, SecurityShield for Microsoft ISA Server, Security for Microsoft Sharepoint, Security for Email Servers, Email Gateway, and Active Virus Defense allows remote attackers to bypass virus detection via (1) an invalid Headflags field in a malformed RAR archive, (2) an invalid Packsize field in a malformed RAR archive, or (3) an invalid Filelength field in a malformed ZIP archive.

The bug was discovered 04/29/2009. The weakness was disclosed 04/30/2009 by Thierry Zoller (Website). The advisory is shared for download at kc.mcafee.com. This vulnerability was named CVE-2009-1348 since 04/20/2009. The exploitation appears to be difficult. The attack can be initiated remotely. No form of authentication is required for a successful exploitation. There are neither technical details nor an exploit publicly available.

The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 38654 (McAfee Antivirus ZIP / RAR Scan Evasion), which helps to determine the existence of the flaw in a target environment. It is assigned to the family Windows and running in the context l.

Upgrading to version 2004 eliminates this vulnerability. A possible mitigation has been published before and not just after the disclosure of the vulnerability.

The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at X-Force (50234) and Tenable (38654).

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Class: Input validation
CWE: CWE-20
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Local: No
Remote: Yes

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Status: Not defined

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Nessus ID: 38654
Nessus Name: McAfee Antivirus ZIP / RAR Scan Evasion
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OpenVAS ID: 900359
OpenVAS Name: McAfee Products Security Bypass Vulnerability (Linux)
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Countermeasuresinfo

Recommended: Upgrade
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Upgrade: Internet Security Suite 2004

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Sourcesinfo

Vendor: mcafee.com

Advisory: kc.mcafee.com
Researcher: Thierry Zoller
Status: Not defined
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CVE: CVE-2009-1348 (🔍)
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X-Force: 50234
Vulnerability Center: 21813 - McAfee VirusScan Engine Allows Remote Attackers to Bypass Virus Detection, High
SecurityFocus: 34780 - McAfee Products RAR/ZIP Files Scan Evasion Vulnerability
Secunia: 34949
OSVDB: 54177 - McAfee Products - RAR.ZIP Files Scan Evasion Issue

Entryinfo

Created: 03/17/2015 23:38
Updated: 09/02/2019 12:41
Changes: 03/17/2015 23:38 (77), 09/02/2019 12:41 (4)
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