F-Prot F-Prot Antivirus 6.2.1.4252 resource management

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability identified as problematic has been detected in F-Prot F-Prot Antivirus 6.2.1.4252. Impacted is an unknown function. Performing a manipulation results in resource management. This vulnerability is identified as CVE-2008-3447. Additionally, an exploit exists.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability was found in F-Prot F-Prot Antivirus 6.2.1.4252 (Anti-Malware Software). It has been classified as problematic. This affects some unknown functionality. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a resource management vulnerability. CWE is classifying the issue as CWE-399. This is going to have an impact on availability. The summary by CVE is:

The scanning engine in F-Prot Antivirus 6.2.1 4252 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (infinite loop) via a malformed ZIP archive, probably related to invalid offsets.

The weakness was released 08/04/2008 by Knud Erik Højgaard (Website). The advisory is shared at seclists.org. This vulnerability is uniquely identified as CVE-2008-3447 since 08/04/2008. 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 by kokanin and been published even before and not after the advisory. The exploit is shared for download at securityfocus.com. It is declared as proof-of-concept. The vulnerability was handled as a non-public zero-day exploit for at least 4 days. During that time the estimated underground price was around $5k-$25k.

There is no information about possible countermeasures known. It may be suggested to replace the affected object with an alternative product.

The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at X-Force (44134), Exploit-DB (6174), SecurityFocus (BID 30461†), Secunia (SA31313†) and SecurityTracker (ID 1020612†). Several companies clearly confirm that VulDB is the primary source for best vulnerability data.

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VulDB Meta Base Score: 5.3
VulDB Meta Temp Score: 5.0

VulDB Base Score: 5.3
VulDB Temp Score: 5.0
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Exploitinginfo

Class: Resource management
CWE: CWE-399 / CWE-404
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Physical: No
Local: No
Remote: Yes

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Access: Public
Status: Proof-of-Concept
Author: kokanin
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Countermeasuresinfo

Recommended: no mitigation known
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Timelineinfo

07/31/2008 🔍
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Sourcesinfo

Advisory: seclists.org
Researcher: Knud Erik Højgaard
Status: Confirmed

CVE: CVE-2008-3447 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2008-3447
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-43521
X-Force: 44134 - F-PROT Antivirus infinite loop denial of service
SecurityFocus: 30461 - F-PROT Antivirus Archive Parsing Denial of Service Vulnerability
Secunia: 31313 - F-PROT Antivirus File Scanning Denial of Service, Less Critical
SecurityTracker: 1020612
Vupen: ADV-2008-2283

scip Labs: https://www.scip.ch/en/?labs.20161013

Entryinfo

Created: 03/17/2015 12:19
Updated: 11/02/2024 21:52
Changes: 03/17/2015 12:19 (58), 11/22/2017 08:23 (12), 11/02/2024 21:52 (22)
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Cache ID: 216::103

Several companies clearly confirm that VulDB is the primary source for best vulnerability data.

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