Kaspersky Anti-Virus up to 5.0 ZIP Archive privileges management

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A vulnerability, which was classified as critical, was found in Kaspersky Anti-Virus up to 5.0 (Anti-Malware Software). Affected is some unknown functionality of the component ZIP Archive Handler. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a privileges management vulnerability. CWE is classifying the issue as CWE-269. The product does not properly assign, modify, track, or check privileges for an actor, creating an unintended sphere of control for that actor. This is going to have an impact on confidentiality, and integrity. CVE summarizes:

McAfee Anti-Virus Engine DATS drivers before 4398 released on Oct 13th 2004 and DATS Driver before 4397 October 6th 2004 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 a target system.

The bug was discovered 09/16/2004. The weakness was disclosed 10/18/2004 with iDEFENSE (Website). The advisory is shared for download at idefense.com. This vulnerability is traded as CVE-2004-0932 since 10/04/2004. It is possible to launch the attack remotely. The exploitation doesn't require any form of authentication. Technical details are unknown but a public exploit is available. The MITRE ATT&CK project declares the attack technique as T1068.

The exploit is shared for download at exploit-db.com. It is declared as proof-of-concept. The vulnerability was handled as a non-public zero-day exploit for at least 5 days. During that time the estimated underground price was around $25k-$100k. The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 15598 (Mandrake Linux Security Advisory : perl-Archive-Zip (MDKSA-2004:118)), which helps to determine the existence of the flaw in a target environment. It is assigned to the family Mandriva Local Security Checks.

Applying a patch is able to eliminate this problem. The bugfix is ready for download at kaspersky.com. A possible mitigation has been published even before and not after the disclosure of the vulnerability. Attack attempts may be identified with Snort ID 4188.

The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at X-Force (17761), Tenable (15598) and Exploit-DB (629). The entries 927, 928, 913 and 915 are pretty similar.

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Class: Privileges management
CWE: CWE-269 / CWE-266
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Nessus ID: 15598
Nessus Name: Mandrake Linux Security Advisory : perl-Archive-Zip (MDKSA-2004:118)
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Patch: kaspersky.com

Snort ID: 4188

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09/16/2004 🔍
09/21/2004 +5 days 🔍
10/04/2004 +13 days 🔍
10/18/2004 +14 days 🔍
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10/19/2004 +1 days 🔍
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11/02/2004 +13 days 🔍
01/27/2005 +86 days 🔍
03/10/2021 +5886 days 🔍

Sourcesinfo

Vendor: kaspersky.com

Advisory: idefense.com⛔
Researcher: http://www.idefense.com
Organization: iDEFENSE
Status: Not defined

CVE: CVE-2004-0932 (🔍)
X-Force: 17761 - Multiple vendor antivirus .zip bypass protection, Medium Risk
SecuriTeam: securiteam.com
SecurityFocus: 11448 - Multiple Vendor Antivirus Software Zip Files Detection Evasion Vulnerability
Secunia: 12874 - Kaspersky Anti-Virus Zip Archive Virus Detection Bypass Vulnerability, Moderately Critical
OSVDB: 10963 - Multiple Anti-Virus Zero Compressed Size Header Detection Bypass

scip Labs: https://www.scip.ch/en/?labs.20161013
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Created: 10/20/2004 16:26
Updated: 03/10/2021 07:27
Changes: 10/20/2004 16:26 (82), 06/07/2017 16:04 (7), 03/10/2021 07:27 (2)
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