ESET NOD32 Antivirus up to 2.2288 integer coercion

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability marked as problematic has been reported in ESET NOD32 Antivirus up to 2.2288. The impacted element is an unknown function. The manipulation leads to integer coercion. This vulnerability is traded as CVE-2007-3971. There is no exploit available. It is suggested to upgrade the affected component.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability was found in ESET NOD32 Antivirus up to 2.2288 (Anti-Malware Software). It has been rated as problematic. This issue affects an unknown code. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a integer coercion vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to CWE-192. Integer coercion refers to a set of flaws pertaining to the type casting, extension, or truncation of primitive data types. Impacted is availability. The summary by CVE is:

Integer overflow in ESET NOD32 Antivirus before 2.2289 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (CPU and disk consumption) via a crafted ASPACK packed file, which triggers an infinite loop.

The bug was discovered 07/20/2007. The weakness was shared 07/20/2007 by Sergio Alvarez with n.runs AG as confirmed posting (Bugtraq). It is possible to read the advisory at securityfocus.com. The identification of this vulnerability is CVE-2007-3971 since 07/25/2007. The exploitation is known to be easy. The attack may be initiated remotely. No form of authentication is needed for a successful exploitation. The technical details are unknown and an exploit is not 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 $5k-$25k. The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 25756 (NOD32 Antivirus Run-Time Decompressors Multiple Vulnerabilities), 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 to version 2.2289 eliminates this vulnerability.

The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at X-Force (35525), Tenable (25756), SecurityFocus (BID 24988†), OSVDB (37977†) and Secunia (SA26124†). The entries VDB-37980 and VDB-37978 are related to this item. Statistical analysis made it clear that VulDB provides the best quality for vulnerability data.

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Class: Integer coercion
CWE: CWE-192 / CWE-189
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Physical: No
Local: No
Remote: Yes

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Status: Proof-of-Concept

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Nessus ID: 25756
Nessus Name: NOD32 Antivirus Run-Time Decompressors Multiple Vulnerabilities
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Recommended: Upgrade
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Upgrade: NOD32 Antivirus 2.2289

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Sourcesinfo

Advisory: securityfocus.com⛔
Researcher: Sergio Alvarez
Organization: n.runs AG
Status: Confirmed
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CVE: CVE-2007-3971 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2007-3971
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-37979
X-Force: 35525
SecurityFocus: 24988 - ESET NOD32 Antivirus Multiple Remote Vulnerabilities
Secunia: 26124
OSVDB: 37977 - NOD32 Antivirus Crafted ASPACK Packed File Handling Overflow
SecurityTracker: 1018436
Vulnerability Center: 15722 - ESET NOD32 Antivirus Integer Overflow Allows Remote Attacker to Cause DoS, Medium
Vupen: ADV-2007-2602

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Entryinfo

Created: 03/15/2015 15:58
Updated: 07/22/2019 16:58
Changes: 03/15/2015 15:58 (82), 07/22/2019 16:58 (1)
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Cache ID: 216::103

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