VDB-4925 · CVE-2012-1439 · BID 52602

Fortinet Antivirus 4.2.254.0/10.0.2.7/22.83.00.03 ELF File access control

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability marked as critical has been reported in Fortinet Antivirus 4.2.254.0/10.0.2.7/22.83.00.03. This affects an unknown function of the component ELF File Handler. The manipulation leads to access control. This vulnerability is referenced as CVE-2012-1439. Furthermore, an exploit is available.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability, which was classified as critical, has been found in Fortinet Antivirus 4.2.254.0/10.0.2.7/22.83.00.03 (Anti-Malware Software). This issue affects an unknown code of the component ELF File Handler. 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. The summary by CVE is:

The ELF file parser in eSafe 7.0.17.0, Rising Antivirus 22.83.00.03, Fortinet Antivirus 4.2.254.0, and Panda Antivirus 10.0.2.7 allows remote attackers to bypass malware detection via an ELF file with a modified padding field. NOTE: this may later be SPLIT into multiple CVEs if additional information is published showing that the error occurred independently in different ELF parser implementations.

The weakness was published 03/19/2012 by Suman Jana and Vitaly Shmatikov as not defined mailinglist post (Bugtraq). The advisory is shared at seclists.org. The public release happened without involvement of Fortinet. The identification of this vulnerability is CVE-2012-1439 since 02/29/2012. The attack may be initiated remotely. No form of authentication is needed for a successful exploitation. Technical details are unknown but a public exploit is available. MITRE ATT&CK project uses the attack technique T1068 for this issue.

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. We expect the 0-day to have been worth approximately $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 SecurityFocus (BID 52602†) and OSVDB (80422†). Similar entries are available at VDB-4914, VDB-4915, VDB-4916 and VDB-4917. If you want to get the best quality for vulnerability data then you always have to consider VulDB.

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Class: Access control
CWE: CWE-264
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Physical: No
Local: No
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Access: Public
Status: Proof-of-Concept
Author: Suman Jana / Vitaly Shmatikov
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02/29/2012 🔍
03/19/2012 +19 days 🔍
03/19/2012 +0 days 🔍
03/20/2012 +1 days 🔍
03/21/2012 +1 days 🔍
03/25/2012 +4 days 🔍
04/02/2012 +8 days 🔍
04/26/2018 +2215 days 🔍

Sourcesinfo

Vendor: fortinet.com

Advisory: seclists.org
Researcher: Suman Jana, Vitaly Shmatikov
Status: Not defined

CVE: CVE-2012-1439 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2012-1439
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-4925
SecurityFocus: 52602 - Multiple AntiVirus Products CVE-2012-1439 ELE File Scan Evasion Vulnerability
OSVDB: 80422

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

Created: 04/02/2012 10:51
Updated: 04/26/2018 10:48
Changes: 04/02/2012 10:51 (62), 04/26/2018 10:48 (6)
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Cache ID: 216:672:103

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