F-Prot Antivirus up to 5795 TAR File Parser access control

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability categorized as critical has been discovered in F-Prot Antivirus up to 5795. Impacted is an unknown function of the component TAR File Parser. Such manipulation leads to access control. This vulnerability is uniquely identified as CVE-2012-1420. Moreover, an exploit is present.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability was found in F-Prot Antivirus up to 5795 (Anti-Malware Software). It has been rated as critical. Affected by this issue is an unknown functionality of the component TAR File Parser. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a access control vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to CWE-264. Impacted is integrity. CVE summarizes:

The TAR file parser in Quick Heal (aka Cat QuickHeal) 11.00, Command Antivirus 5.2.11.5, F-Prot Antivirus 4.6.2.117, Fortinet Antivirus 4.2.254.0, K7 AntiVirus 9.77.3565, Kaspersky Anti-Virus 7.0.0.125, Antimalware Engine 1.1.6402.0 in Microsoft Security Essentials 2.0, NOD32 Antivirus 5795, Norman Antivirus 6.06.12, Panda Antivirus 10.0.2.7, and Rising Antivirus 22.83.00.03 allows remote attackers to bypass malware detection via a POSIX TAR file with an initial \7fELF character sequence. NOTE: this may later be SPLIT into multiple CVEs if additional information is published showing that the error occurred independently in different TAR parser implementations.

The weakness was disclosed 03/19/2012 by Suman Jana and Vitaly Shmatikov as confirmed mailinglist post (Bugtraq). The advisory is available at seclists.org. The vendor was not involved in the coordination of the public release. This vulnerability is handled as CVE-2012-1420 since 02/29/2012. The attack may be launched remotely. No form of authentication is required for exploitation. Technical details are unknown but a public exploit is available. This vulnerability is assigned to T1068 by the MITRE ATT&CK project.

A public exploit has been developed by Suman Jana / Vitaly Shmatikov and been published immediately after the advisory. The exploit is available at seclists.org. It is declared as proof-of-concept. As 0-day the estimated underground price was around $25k-$100k.

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 (74195), SecurityFocus (BID 52615†), OSVDB (80406†), SecurityTracker (ID 1026840†) and Vulnerability Center (SBV-40213†). The entries VDB-4914, VDB-4915, VDB-4916 and VDB-4917 are pretty similar. If you want to get best quality of vulnerability data, you may have to visit VulDB.

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VulDB Meta Temp Score: 7.1

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Exploitinginfo

Class: Access control
CWE: CWE-264
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Physical: No
Local: No
Remote: Yes

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Access: Public
Status: Proof-of-Concept
Author: Suman Jana / Vitaly Shmatikov
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Recommended: no mitigation known
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Timelineinfo

02/29/2012 🔍
03/19/2012 +19 days 🔍
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03/20/2012 +1 days 🔍
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04/02/2012 +8 days 🔍
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Sourcesinfo

Advisory: seclists.org
Researcher: Suman Jana, Vitaly Shmatikov
Status: Confirmed

CVE: CVE-2012-1420 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2012-1420
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-4922
X-Force: 74195
SecurityFocus: 52615 - Multiple AntiVirus Products CVE-2012-1420 TAR File Scan Evasion Vulnerability
OSVDB: 80406
SecurityTracker: 1026840 - Clam AntiVirus Bugs Let Remote Users Bypass Malware Detection
Vulnerability Center: 40213 - Multiple Antivirus Products Bypass Malware Detection via a POSIX TAR File - CVE-2012-1420, Medium

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

Created: 04/02/2012 10:51
Updated: 05/04/2017 08:53
Changes: 04/02/2012 10:51 (76), 05/04/2017 08:53 (4)
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Cache ID: 216:674:103

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