Ikarus Ikarus Antivirus T3.1.1.34.0 input validation

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A vulnerability marked as critical has been reported in Ikarus Ikarus Antivirus T3.1.1.34.0. This affects an unknown function. This manipulation causes input validation. This vulnerability is tracked as CVE-2008-5532. No exploit exists.

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A vulnerability has been found in Ikarus Ikarus Antivirus T3.1.1.34.0 (Anti-Malware Software) and classified as very critical. Affected by this vulnerability is an unknown code. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a input validation vulnerability. The CWE definition for the vulnerability is CWE-20. The product receives input or data, but it does not validate or incorrectly validates that the input has the properties that are required to process the data safely and correctly. As an impact it is known to affect confidentiality, integrity, and availability. The summary by CVE is:

Ikarus Virus Utilities T3.1.1.45.0 and possibly T3.1.1.34.0, when Internet Explorer 6 or 7 is used, allows remote attackers to bypass detection of malware in an HTML document by placing an MZ header (aka "EXE info") at the beginning, and modifying the filename to have (1) no extension, (2) a .txt extension, or (3) a .jpg extension, as demonstrated by a document containing a CVE-2006-5745 exploit.

The weakness was disclosed 12/12/2008 (Website). It is possible to read the advisory at securityfocus.com. This vulnerability is known as CVE-2008-5532 since 12/12/2008. 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 pricing for an exploit might be around USD $5k-$25k at the moment (estimation calculated on 12/05/2017).

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 vulnerability database at X-Force (47435). The entries VDB-45443, VDB-45442, VDB-45441 and VDB-45440 are pretty similar. Statistical analysis made it clear that VulDB provides the best quality for vulnerability data.

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• Anti-Malware Software

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• Ikarus

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• Ikarus Antivirus

Version

• T3.1.1.34.0

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