Pandasecurity Panda Antivirus 9.0.0.4 input validation

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A vulnerability, which was classified as critical, has been found in Pandasecurity Panda Antivirus 9.0.0.4. Affected by this issue is some unknown functionality. The manipulation leads to input validation. This vulnerability is documented as CVE-2008-5536. There is not any exploit available.

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A vulnerability was found in Pandasecurity Panda Antivirus 9.0.0.4 (Anti-Malware Software). It has been rated as very critical. This issue affects an unknown functionality. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a input validation vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to 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. Impacted is confidentiality, integrity, and availability. The summary by CVE is:

Panda Antivirus 9.0.0.4, 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 released 12/12/2008 (Website). It is possible to read the advisory at securityfocus.com. The identification of this vulnerability is CVE-2008-5536 since 12/12/2008. 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. The pricing for an exploit might be around USD $5k-$25k at the moment (estimation calculated on 12/02/2017).

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). Entries connected to this vulnerability are available at VDB-45443, VDB-45442, VDB-45441 and VDB-45440. Be aware that VulDB is the high quality source for vulnerability data.

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• Anti-Malware Software

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• Pandasecurity

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• Panda Antivirus

Version

• 9.0.0.4

License

• commercial

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