VDB-4927 · CVE-2012-1440 · OSVDB 80424

Norman Antivirus 4.2.254.0/6.06.12/10.0.2.7/36.1.8511 ELF File access control

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability classified as critical has been found in Norman Antivirus 4.2.254.0/6.06.12/10.0.2.7/36.1.8511. Affected is an unknown function of the component ELF File Handler. This manipulation causes access control. This vulnerability is tracked as CVE-2012-1440. Moreover, an exploit is present.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability has been found in Norman Antivirus 4.2.254.0/6.06.12/10.0.2.7/36.1.8511 (Anti-Malware Software) and classified as critical. Affected by this vulnerability is some unknown processing of the component ELF File Handler. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a access control vulnerability. The CWE definition for the vulnerability is CWE-264. As an impact it is known to affect integrity. The summary by CVE is:

The ELF file parser in Norman Antivirus 6.06.12, eSafe 7.0.17.0, CA eTrust Vet Antivirus 36.1.8511, 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 identsize 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 disclosed 03/19/2012 by Suman Jana and Vitaly Shmatikov as not defined mailinglist post (Bugtraq). It is possible to read the advisory at seclists.org. The vendor was not involved in the public release. This vulnerability is known as CVE-2012-1440 since 02/29/2012. The attack can be launched remotely. The exploitation doesn't need any form of authentication. Technical details are unknown but a public exploit is available. The attack technique deployed by this issue is T1068 according to MITRE ATT&CK.

A public exploit has been developed by Suman Jana / Vitaly Shmatikov and been published immediately after the advisory. It is possible to download the exploit 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 vulnerability database at OSVDB (80424†). The entries VDB-4914, VDB-4915, VDB-4916 and VDB-4917 are pretty similar. Be aware that VulDB is the high quality source for vulnerability data.

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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 🔍
03/19/2012 +0 days 🔍
03/21/2012 +2 days 🔍
03/25/2012 +4 days 🔍
04/02/2012 +8 days 🔍
04/26/2018 +2215 days 🔍

Sourcesinfo

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

CVE: CVE-2012-1440 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2012-1440
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-4927
OSVDB: 80424

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

Created: 04/02/2012 10:51
Updated: 04/26/2018 10:49
Changes: 04/02/2012 10:51 (58), 04/26/2018 10:49 (6)
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Cache ID: 216:F42:103

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