VDB-4940 · CVE-2012-1453 · BID 52621

eTrust eTrust Vet Antivirus CAB File Parser access control

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability described as critical has been identified in eTrust eTrust Vet Antivirus. Affected by this issue is some unknown functionality of the component CAB File Parser. Such manipulation leads to access control. This vulnerability is referenced as CVE-2012-1453. Furthermore, an exploit is available.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability was found in eTrust eTrust Vet Antivirus (Anti-Malware Software) (unknown version). It has been rated as critical. Affected by this issue is an unknown code block of the component CAB 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 CAB file parser in Dr.Web 5.0.2.03300, Trend Micro HouseCall 9.120.0.1004, Kaspersky Anti-Virus 7.0.0.125, Sophos Anti-Virus 4.61.0, Trend Micro AntiVirus 9.120.0.1004, McAfee Gateway (formerly Webwasher) 2010.1C, Emsisoft Anti-Malware 5.1.0.1, CA eTrust Vet Antivirus 36.1.8511, Antiy Labs AVL SDK 2.0.3.7, Antimalware Engine 1.1.6402.0 in Microsoft Security Essentials 2.0, Rising Antivirus 22.83.00.03, Ikarus Virus Utilities T3 Command Line Scanner 1.1.97.0, Fortinet Antivirus 4.2.254.0, and Panda Antivirus 10.0.2.7 allows remote attackers to bypass malware detection via a CAB file with a modified coffFiles field. NOTE: this may later be SPLIT into multiple CVEs if additional information is published showing that the error occurred independently in different CAB 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 for download at seclists.org. The public release happened without coordination with the vendor. This vulnerability is handled as CVE-2012-1453 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. The MITRE ATT&CK project declares the attack technique as T1068.

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 SecurityFocus (BID 52621†) and OSVDB (80485†). Similar entries are available at VDB-4914, VDB-4915, VDB-4916 and VDB-4917. Once again VulDB remains the best 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 🔍
03/20/2012 +1 days 🔍
03/21/2012 +1 days 🔍
03/26/2012 +5 days 🔍
04/02/2012 +7 days 🔍
04/01/2019 +2555 days 🔍

Sourcesinfo

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

CVE: CVE-2012-1453 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2012-1453
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-4940
SecurityFocus: 52621 - Multiple AntiVirus Products CVE-2012-1453 CAB File Scan Evasion Vulnerability
OSVDB: 80485

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

Created: 04/02/2012 10:59
Updated: 04/01/2019 12:45
Changes: 04/02/2012 10:59 (52), 04/01/2019 12:45 (15)
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