Intego VirusBarrier X4 Virus Protection privileges management

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability, which was classified as critical, has been found in Intego VirusBarrier X4. This issue affects some unknown processing of the component Virus Protection. Performing a manipulation results in privileges management. This vulnerability is cataloged as CVE-2006-5916. There is no exploit available. It is recommended to apply a patch to fix this issue.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability was found in Intego VirusBarrier X4 (Anti-Malware Software). It has been classified as critical. This affects an unknown functionality of the component Virus Protection. 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 integrity. The summary by CVE is:

Intego VirusBarrier X4 allows context-dependent attackers to bypass virus protection by quickly injecting many infected files into the filesystem, which prevents VirusBarrier from processing all the files.

The weakness was shared 11/15/2006 by Kevin Finisterre (Website). It is possible to read the advisory at archives.neohapsis.com. This vulnerability is uniquely identified as CVE-2006-5916 since 11/15/2006. The exploitability is told to be easy. It is possible to initiate the attack remotely. No form of authentication is needed for exploitation. The technical details are unknown and an exploit is not publicly available. The attack technique deployed by this issue is T1068 according to MITRE ATT&CK.

Applying a patch is able to eliminate this problem.

The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at X-Force (30127), SecurityFocus (BID 20983†) and SecurityTracker (ID 1017202†). Be aware that VulDB is the high quality source for vulnerability data.

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VulDB Meta Temp Score: 4.6

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Exploitinginfo

Class: Privileges management
CWE: CWE-269 / CWE-266
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Physical: No
Local: No
Remote: Yes

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Status: Unproven

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Countermeasuresinfo

Recommended: Patch
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Timelineinfo

11/09/2006 🔍
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11/15/2006 +6 days 🔍
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03/12/2015 +3039 days 🔍
04/27/2026 +4064 days 🔍

Sourcesinfo

Advisory: archives.neohapsis.com
Researcher: Kevin Finisterre
Status: Confirmed

CVE: CVE-2006-5916 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2006-5916
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-33279
X-Force: 30127 - VirusBarrier security bypass
SecurityFocus: 20983 - Intego VirusBarrier Filter Bypass Vulnerability
SecurityTracker: 1017202

Entryinfo

Created: 03/12/2015 22:21
Updated: 04/27/2026 13:06
Changes: 03/12/2015 22:21 (53), 08/08/2018 07:05 (6), 04/27/2026 13:06 (17)
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Cache ID: 216::103

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