Norman Virus Control up to 5.89 denial of service

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability has been found in Norman Virus Control up to 5.89 and classified as problematic. The impacted element is an unknown function. This manipulation causes denial of service. This vulnerability is tracked as CVE-2007-3953. No exploit exists. The affected component should be upgraded.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability has been found in Norman Virus Control up to 5.89 (Anti-Malware Software) and classified as problematic. Affected by this vulnerability is an unknown part. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a denial of service vulnerability. The CWE definition for the vulnerability is CWE-404. The product does not release or incorrectly releases a resource before it is made available for re-use. As an impact it is known to affect availability. The summary by CVE is:

The OLE2 parsing in Norman Antivirus before 5.91.02 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service via a crafted DOC file that triggers a divide-by-zero error.

The bug was discovered 07/23/2007. The weakness was disclosed 07/23/2007 by Sergio Alvarez with n.runs AG (Website). The advisory is shared at vupen.com. This vulnerability is known as CVE-2007-3953 since 07/24/2007. The attack can be launched remotely. The exploitation doesn't need any form of authentication. Neither technical details nor an exploit are publicly available.

It is declared as proof-of-concept. The vulnerability was handled as a non-public zero-day exploit for at least 1 days. During that time the estimated underground price was around $0-$5k.

Upgrading to version 5.90 eliminates this vulnerability.

The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at X-Force (35554), SecurityFocus (BID 25014†), OSVDB (37980†), Secunia (SA26178†) and SecurityTracker (ID 1018438†). The entries VDB-37956, VDB-37955 and VDB-85952 are pretty similar. If you want to get the best quality for vulnerability data then you always have to consider VulDB.

Productinfo

Type

• Anti-Malware Software

Vendor

• Norman

Name

• Virus Control

Version

• 5.0
• 5.1
• 5.2
• 5.3
• 5.4
• 5.5
• 5.6
• 5.7
• 5.8
• 5.9
• 5.10
• 5.11
• 5.12
• 5.13
• 5.14
• 5.15
• 5.16
• 5.17
• 5.18
• 5.19
• 5.20
• 5.21
• 5.22
• 5.23
• 5.24
• 5.25
• 5.26
• 5.27
• 5.28
• 5.29
• 5.30
• 5.31
• 5.32
• 5.33
• 5.34
• 5.35
• 5.36
• 5.37
• 5.38
• 5.39
• 5.40
• 5.41
• 5.42
• 5.43
• 5.44
• 5.45
• 5.46
• 5.47
• 5.48
• 5.49
• 5.50
• 5.51
• 5.52
• 5.53
• 5.54
• 5.55
• 5.56
• 5.57
• 5.58
• 5.59
• 5.60
• 5.61
• 5.62
• 5.63
• 5.64
• 5.65
• 5.66
• 5.67
• 5.68
• 5.69
• 5.70
• 5.71
• 5.72
• 5.73
• 5.74
• 5.75
• 5.76
• 5.77
• 5.78
• 5.79
• 5.80
• 5.81
• 5.82
• 5.83
• 5.84
• 5.85
• 5.86
• 5.87
• 5.88
• 5.89

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CVSSv4info

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CVSSv3info

VulDB Meta Base Score: 5.3
VulDB Meta Temp Score: 4.8

VulDB Base Score: 5.3
VulDB Temp Score: 4.8
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Exploitinginfo

Class: Denial of service
CWE: CWE-404
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Physical: No
Local: No
Remote: Yes

Availability: 🔍
Status: Proof-of-Concept

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Threat Intelligenceinfo

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Countermeasuresinfo

Recommended: Upgrade
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0-Day Time: 🔍

Upgrade: Virus Control 5.90

Timelineinfo

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Sourcesinfo

Advisory: vupen.com⛔
Researcher: Sergio Alvarez
Organization: n.runs AG
Status: Confirmed

CVE: CVE-2007-3953 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2007-3953
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-37957
X-Force: 35554
SecurityFocus: 25014 - Norman Virus Control DOC OLE File Parsing Denial Of Service Vulnerability
Secunia: 26178
OSVDB: 37980 - Norman Antivirus OLE2 Parsing DOC Handling DoS
SecurityTracker: 1018438
Vulnerability Center: 15769 - Norman Antivirus < 5.91.02 Remote Denial of Service via a Crafted DOC File, Medium
Vupen: ADV-2007-2619

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Entryinfo

Created: 03/15/2015 15:58
Updated: 07/23/2019 08:23
Changes: 03/15/2015 15:58 (73), 07/23/2019 08:23 (1)
Complete: 🔍
Cache ID: 216::103

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