F-Prot Antivirus 4.6.2.117/5.2.11.5/9.77.3565/13.0.900 Malware Detection access control

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A vulnerability was found in F-Prot Antivirus 4.6.2.117/5.2.11.5/9.77.3565/13.0.900 (Anti-Malware Software). It has been declared as critical. Affected by this vulnerability is an unknown code of the component Malware Detection. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a access control vulnerability. The CWE definition for the vulnerability is CWE-264. As an impact it is known to affect integrity. The summary by CVE is:

The Gzip file parser in Antiy Labs AVL SDK 2.0.3.7, Quick Heal (aka Cat QuickHeal) 11.00, Command Antivirus 5.2.11.5, eSafe 7.0.17.0, F-Prot Antivirus 4.6.2.117, Jiangmin Antivirus 13.0.900, K7 AntiVirus 9.77.3565, and VBA32 3.12.14.2 allows remote attackers to bypass malware detection via a .tar.gz file with stray bytes at the end. NOTE: this may later be SPLIT into multiple CVEs if additional information is published showing that the error occurred independently in different Gzip parser implementations.

The weakness was published 03/21/2012 by Suman Jana (Website). The advisory is shared at securityfocus.com. This vulnerability is known as CVE-2012-1460 since 02/29/2012. The attack can be launched remotely. The exploitation doesn't need any form of authentication. Neither technical details nor an exploit are publicly available. The price for an exploit might be around USD $0-$5k at the moment (estimation calculated on 02/16/2019). MITRE ATT&CK project uses the attack technique T1068 for this issue.

There is no information about possible countermeasures known. It may be suggested to replace the affected object with an alternative product.

The vulnerability is also documented in the vulnerability database at X-Force (74308). Similar entries are available at 60507, 60506, 60504 and 60503.

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VulDB Meta Base Score: 5.3
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Class: Access control
CWE: CWE-264
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Remote: Yes

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02/29/2012 🔍
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03/23/2015 +1097 days 🔍
02/16/2019 +1426 days 🔍

Sourcesinfo

Advisory: securityfocus.com⛔
Researcher: Suman Jana
Status: Not defined

CVE: CVE-2012-1460 (🔍)
X-Force: 74308
SecurityFocus: 52629 - Multiple AntiVirus Products CVE-2012-1460 'tar.gz' File Scan Evasion Vulnerability

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Entryinfo

Created: 03/23/2015 16:50
Updated: 02/16/2019 14:43
Changes: 03/23/2015 16:50 (48), 02/16/2019 14:43 (6)
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Cache ID: 3:D7E:103

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