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

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability marked as critical has been reported in Sophos Anti-Virus up to 5.0. This vulnerability affects unknown code of the component Virus Protection. Performing a manipulation results in Remote Code Execution. This vulnerability is known as CVE-2004-0936. Furthermore, an exploit is available. It is suggested to upgrade the affected component.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability classified as critical has been found in Sophos Anti-Virus up to 5.0 (Anti-Malware Software). This affects an unknown code of the component Virus Protection. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a remote code execution vulnerability. This is going to have an impact on confidentiality, integrity, and availability. The summary by CVE is:

RAV antivirus 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 published 01/27/2005 as confirmed advisory (CERT.org). It is possible to read the advisory at kb.cert.org. This vulnerability is uniquely identified as CVE-2004-0936 since 10/04/2004. The exploitability is told to be easy. It is possible to initiate the attack remotely. No form of authentication is needed for exploitation. Technical details are unknown but a public exploit is available.

A public exploit has been developed in ANSI C. The exploit is shared for download 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†). Similar entries are available at VDB-927, VDB-928, VDB-913 and VDB-915. Be aware that VulDB is the high quality source for vulnerability data.

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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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Countermeasuresinfo

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 🔍
01/12/2025 +3596 days 🔍

Sourcesinfo

Vendor: sophos.com

Advisory: kb.cert.org
Status: Confirmed

CVE: CVE-2004-0936 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2004-0936
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-23895
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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: 14427 - RAV AntiVirus 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: 01/12/2025 16:51
Changes: 03/10/2015 15:27 (73), 07/15/2019 18:15 (6), 11/21/2024 02:22 (17), 01/12/2025 16:51 (1)
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