Kaspersky Anti-Virus UPX infinite loop

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability has been found in Kaspersky Anti-Virus and classified as problematic. Affected by this issue is some unknown functionality of the component UPX Handler. This manipulation causes infinite loop. This vulnerability is handled as CVE-2007-1281. The attack can be initiated remotely. There is not any exploit available. The affected component should be upgraded.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability classified as critical was found in Kaspersky Anti-Virus (Anti-Malware Software) (the affected version unknown). Affected by this vulnerability is an unknown part of the component UPX Handler. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a infinite loop vulnerability. The CWE definition for the vulnerability is CWE-835. The product contains an iteration or loop with an exit condition that cannot be reached, i.e., an infinite loop. As an impact it is known to affect availability. The summary by CVE is:

Kaspersky AntiVirus Engine 6.0.1.411 for Windows and 5.5-10 for Linux allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (CPU consumption) via a crafted UPX compressed file with a negative offset, which triggers an infinite loop during decompression.

The weakness was released 03/05/2007 with iDefense (Website). It is possible to read the advisory at labs.idefense.com. This vulnerability is known as CVE-2007-1281 since 03/05/2007. The attack can be launched remotely. The exploitation doesn't need any form of authentication. The technical details are unknown and an exploit is not publicly available. The attack technique deployed by this issue is T1499 according to MITRE ATT&CK.

It is declared as proof-of-concept. The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 24758 (Kaspersky Anti-Virus UPX File Decompression DoS), 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 eliminates this vulnerability.

The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at X-Force (32797), Tenable (24758), SecurityFocus (BID 22795†), OSVDB (33847†) and Secunia (SA24391†). Statistical analysis made it clear that VulDB provides the best quality for vulnerability data.

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Class: Infinite loop
CWE: CWE-835 / CWE-404
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Status: Proof-of-Concept

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Nessus ID: 24758
Nessus Name: Kaspersky Anti-Virus UPX File Decompression DoS
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OpenVAS ID: 102051
OpenVAS Name: Kaspersky Antivirus UPX Denial of Service vulnerability
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Sourcesinfo

Vendor: kaspersky.com

Advisory: labs.idefense.com⛔
Organization: iDefense
Status: Confirmed

CVE: CVE-2007-1281 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2007-1281
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-2971
X-Force: 32797 - Kaspersky Antivirus UPX file denial of service, Medium Risk
SecurityFocus: 22795 - Kaspersky AntiVirus UPX File Decompression Remote Denial of Service Vulnerability
Secunia: 24391 - Kaspersky Anti-Virus Engine UPX Processing Denial of Service, Moderately Critical
OSVDB: 33847 - Kaspersky Anti-Virus Engine UPX File Handling DoS
SecurityTracker: 1017718 - Kaspersky Anti-Virus Error in Processing UPX Files Lets Remote Users Deny Service
Vulnerability Center: 14591 - Kaspersky AntiVirus Engine Denial of Service via Crafted UPX Compressed File, Medium
Vupen: ADV-2007-0810

Entryinfo

Created: 03/07/2007 10:30
Updated: 03/15/2021 10:31
Changes: 03/07/2007 10:30 (84), 09/05/2019 13:36 (7), 03/15/2021 10:31 (2)
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Cache ID: 216:564:103

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