Sophos Anti-Virus up to 5.0 Virus Protection Remote Code Execution

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability identified as critical has been detected in Sophos Anti-Virus up to 5.0. Affected by this issue is some unknown functionality of the component Virus Protection. This manipulation causes Remote Code Execution. This vulnerability appears as CVE-2004-0934. In addition, an exploit is available. You should upgrade the affected component.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability was found in Sophos Anti-Virus up to 5.0 (Anti-Malware Software). It has been declared as critical. Affected by this vulnerability is some unknown functionality of the component Virus Protection. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a remote code execution vulnerability. As an impact it is known to affect confidentiality, integrity, and availability. The summary by CVE is:

Kaspersky 3.x to 4.x 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 11/23/2004. The weakness was presented 01/27/2005 as confirmed advisory (CERT.org). The advisory is shared at kb.cert.org. This vulnerability is known as CVE-2004-0934 since 10/04/2004. The exploitation appears to be easy. The attack can be launched remotely. The exploitation doesn't need any form of authentication. Technical details are unknown but a public exploit is available.

A public exploit has been developed in ANSI C. It is possible to download the exploit at securityfocus.com. It is declared as proof-of-concept. We expect the 0-day to have been worth approximately $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 and running in the context l.

Upgrading 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 (17761), Exploit-DB (629), Tenable (15598), SecurityFocus (BID 11448†) and OSVDB (10963†). See VDB-927, VDB-928, VDB-913 and VDB-915 for similar entries. If you want to get the best quality for vulnerability data then you always have to consider VulDB.

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Exploitinginfo

Class: Remote Code Execution
CWE: Unknown
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Physical: No
Local: No
Remote: Yes

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Access: Public
Status: Proof-of-Concept
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Nessus ID: 15598
Nessus Name: Mandrake Linux Security Advisory : perl-Archive-Zip (MDKSA-2004:118)
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Recommended: Upgrade
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Timelineinfo

10/04/2004 🔍
10/18/2004 +14 days 🔍
10/18/2004 +0 days 🔍
11/01/2004 +14 days 🔍
11/01/2004 +0 days 🔍
11/02/2004 +1 days 🔍
11/23/2004 +21 days 🔍
01/27/2005 +65 days 🔍
01/27/2005 +0 days 🔍
02/27/2007 +761 days 🔍
03/10/2015 +2933 days 🔍
01/13/2025 +3597 days 🔍

Sourcesinfo

Vendor: sophos.com

Advisory: kb.cert.org
Status: Confirmed

CVE: CVE-2004-0934 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2004-0934
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-23893
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X-Force: 17761
SecurityFocus: 11448 - Multiple Vendor Antivirus Software Zip Files Detection Evasion Vulnerability
Secunia: 13038 - Archive::Zip Zip Archive Virus Detection Bypass Vulnerability, Moderately Critical
OSVDB: 10963 - F-Secure Anti-Virus ZIP archive bypass scanning
Vulnerability Center: 14425 - Kaspersky Remote Antivirus Protection Bypass, Medium

scip Labs: https://www.scip.ch/en/?labs.20161013
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Entryinfo

Created: 03/10/2015 15:27
Updated: 01/13/2025 11:47
Changes: 03/10/2015 15:27 (73), 07/15/2019 18:02 (6), 11/21/2024 02:22 (17), 01/13/2025 11:47 (1)
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