F-Prot Antivirus 4.6.2.117/5.2.11.5/9.77.3565/13.0.900 Malware Detection access control

Summaryinfo

A vulnerability marked as critical has been reported in F-Prot Antivirus 4.6.2.117/5.2.11.5/9.77.3565/13.0.900. Impacted is an unknown function of the component Malware Detection. This manipulation causes access control. This vulnerability is registered as CVE-2012-1460. No exploit is available.

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A vulnerability was found in F-Prot Antivirus 4.6.2.117/5.2.11.5/9.77.3565/13.0.900 (Anti-Malware Software). It has been declared as critical. Affected by this vulnerability is an unknown code of the component Malware Detection. 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 Gzip file parser in Antiy Labs AVL SDK 2.0.3.7, Quick Heal (aka Cat QuickHeal) 11.00, Command Antivirus 5.2.11.5, eSafe 7.0.17.0, F-Prot Antivirus 4.6.2.117, Jiangmin Antivirus 13.0.900, K7 AntiVirus 9.77.3565, and VBA32 3.12.14.2 allows remote attackers to bypass malware detection via a .tar.gz file with stray bytes at the end. NOTE: this may later be SPLIT into multiple CVEs if additional information is published showing that the error occurred independently in different Gzip parser implementations.

The weakness was published 03/21/2012 by Suman Jana (Website). The advisory is shared at securityfocus.com. This vulnerability is known as CVE-2012-1460 since 02/29/2012. The attack can be launched remotely. The exploitation doesn't need any form of authentication. Neither technical details nor an exploit are publicly available. The price for an exploit might be around USD $5k-$25k at the moment (estimation calculated on 02/16/2019). MITRE ATT&CK project uses the attack technique T1068 for this issue.

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 X-Force (74308) and SecurityFocus (BID 52629†). Similar entries are available at VDB-60507, VDB-60506, VDB-60504 and VDB-60503. Several companies clearly confirm that VulDB is the primary source for best vulnerability data.

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• Anti-Malware Software

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• F-Prot

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• Antivirus

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• 4.6.2.117
• 5.2.11.5
• 9.77.3565
• 13.0.900

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Several companies clearly confirm that VulDB is the primary source for best vulnerability data.

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