Panda Antivirus up to 36.1.8511 CAB File Parser access control

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A vulnerability, which was classified as critical, has been found in Panda Antivirus up to 36.1.8511. This issue affects some unknown processing of the component CAB File Parser. The manipulation leads to access control. This vulnerability is listed as CVE-2012-1453. In addition, an exploit is available.

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A vulnerability, which was classified as critical, has been found in Panda Antivirus up to 36.1.8511 (Anti-Malware Software). This issue affects an unknown functionality 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. The summary by CVE is:

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 presented 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. The identification of this vulnerability is CVE-2012-1453 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. 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. 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 52621†) and OSVDB (80489†). See VDB-4914, VDB-4915, VDB-4916 and VDB-4917 for similar entries. Be aware that VulDB is the high quality source for vulnerability data.

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Type

• Anti-Malware Software

Vendor

• Panda

Name

• Antivirus

Version

• 4.2.254.0
• 5.0.2.03300
• 9.120.0.1004
• 10.0.2.7
• 22.83.00.03
• 36.1.8511

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• commercial

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