VDB-4930 · CVE-2012-1446 · BID 52600

Symantec Endpoint Protection AVEngine ELF File access control

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability, which was classified as critical, was found in Symantec Endpoint Protection AVEngine. This affects an unknown part of the component ELF File Handler. Executing a manipulation can lead to access control. This vulnerability is registered as CVE-2012-1446. Furthermore, an exploit is available.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability was found in Symantec Endpoint Protection AVEngine (Anti-Malware Software) (affected version not known). It has been declared as critical. This vulnerability affects some unknown functionality 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. CVE summarizes:

The ELF file parser in Quick Heal (aka Cat QuickHeal) 11.00, McAfee Anti-Virus Scanning Engine 5.400.0.1158, AVEngine 20101.3.0.103 in Symantec Endpoint Protection 11, Norman Antivirus 6.06.12, eSafe 7.0.17.0, Kaspersky Anti-Virus 7.0.0.125, McAfee Gateway (formerly Webwasher) 2010.1C, Sophos Anti-Virus 4.61.0, CA eTrust Vet Antivirus 36.1.8511, Antiy Labs AVL SDK 2.0.3.7, PC Tools AntiVirus 7.0.3.5, 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 encoding 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 available at seclists.org. The vendor was not involved in the coordination of the public release. This vulnerability was named CVE-2012-1446 since 02/29/2012. The attack can be initiated remotely. No form of authentication is required for a successful 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. It is possible to download the exploit 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 SecurityFocus (BID 52600†) and OSVDB (80430†). Similar entries are available at VDB-4914, VDB-4915, VDB-4916 and VDB-4917. If you want to get best quality of vulnerability data, you may have to visit VulDB.

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Class: Access control
CWE: CWE-264
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Physical: 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 🔍
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03/20/2012 +1 days 🔍
03/21/2012 +1 days 🔍
03/25/2012 +4 days 🔍
04/02/2012 +8 days 🔍
04/01/2019 +2555 days 🔍

Sourcesinfo

Vendor: symantec.com

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

CVE: CVE-2012-1446 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2012-1446
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-4930
SecurityFocus: 52600 - Multiple AntiVirus Products CVE-2012-1446 ELF File Scan Evasion Vulnerability
OSVDB: 80430

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

Created: 04/02/2012 10:52
Updated: 04/01/2019 12:39
Changes: 04/02/2012 10:52 (52), 04/01/2019 12:39 (15)
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Cache ID: 216:D4E:103

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