F-Secure Anti-Virus up to 5.42 PKZip Archive privileges management

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability marked as critical has been reported in F-Secure Anti-Virus up to 5.42. This impacts an unknown function of the component PKZip Archive Handler. Performing a manipulation results in privileges management. This vulnerability is cataloged as CVE-2004-2276. It is possible to initiate the attack remotely. Furthermore, there is an exploit available. Applying a patch is the recommended action to fix this issue.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability, which was classified as problematic, was found in F-Secure Anti-Virus up to 5.42 (Anti-Malware Software). This affects an unknown code of the component PKZip Archive Handler. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a privileges management vulnerability. CWE is classifying the issue as CWE-269. The product does not properly assign, modify, track, or check privileges for an actor, creating an unintended sphere of control for that actor. This is going to have an impact on integrity. The summary by CVE is:

F-Secure Anti-Virus 5.41 and 5.42 on Windows, Client Security 5.50 and 5.52, 4.60 for Samba Servers, and 4.52 and earlier for Linux does not properly detect certain viruses in a PKZip archive, which allows viruses such as Sober.D and Sober.G to bypass initial detection.

The weakness was shared 05/25/2004 with F-Secure (Website). The advisory is shared at support.f-secure.com. This vulnerability is uniquely identified as CVE-2004-2276 since 07/19/2005. It is possible to initiate the attack remotely. No form of authentication is needed for exploitation. Technical details are unknown but a public exploit is available. MITRE ATT&CK project uses the attack technique T1068 for this issue.

After immediately, there has been an exploit disclosed. It is declared as proof-of-concept. We expect the 0-day to have been worth approximately $5k-$25k.

Applying a patch is able to eliminate this problem. The bugfix is ready for download at ftp.f-secure.com.

The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at X-Force (16243), OSVDB (6409†) and Secunia (SA11699†). Further details are available at ftp.f-secure.com. The entry VDB-670 is related to this item. If you want to get the best quality for vulnerability data then you always have to consider VulDB.

Productinfo

Type

• Anti-Malware Software

Vendor

• F-Secure

Name

• Anti-Virus

Version

• 5.0
• 5.1
• 5.2
• 5.3
• 5.4
• 5.5
• 5.6
• 5.7
• 5.8
• 5.9
• 5.10
• 5.11
• 5.12
• 5.13
• 5.14
• 5.15
• 5.16
• 5.17
• 5.18
• 5.19
• 5.20
• 5.21
• 5.22
• 5.23
• 5.24
• 5.25
• 5.26
• 5.27
• 5.28
• 5.29
• 5.30
• 5.31
• 5.32
• 5.33
• 5.34
• 5.35
• 5.36
• 5.37
• 5.38
• 5.39
• 5.40
• 5.41
• 5.42

License

• commercial

Website

• Vendor: https://www.f-secure.com/

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CVSSv3info

VulDB Meta Base Score: 3.7
VulDB Meta Temp Score: 3.4

VulDB Base Score: 3.7
VulDB Temp Score: 3.4
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Exploitinginfo

Class: Privileges management
CWE: CWE-269 / CWE-266
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Physical: Partially
Local: Yes
Remote: Yes

Availability: 🔍
Access: Public
Status: Proof-of-Concept

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Threat Intelligenceinfo

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Countermeasuresinfo

Recommended: Patch
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Patch: ftp.f-secure.com

Timelineinfo

05/25/2004 🔍
05/25/2004 +0 days 🔍
05/25/2004 +0 days 🔍
05/26/2004 +0 days 🔍
12/31/2004 +219 days 🔍
07/19/2005 +200 days 🔍
06/07/2017 +4341 days 🔍

Sourcesinfo

Vendor: f-secure.com

Advisory: support.f-secure.com
Researcher: http://www.f-secure.com
Organization: F-Secure
Status: Not defined
Confirmation: 🔍

CVE: CVE-2004-2276 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2004-2276
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-669
X-Force: 16243 - F-Secure Anti-Virus bypass Sober.D and Sober.G detection, Medium Risk
Secunia: 11699 - F-Secure Anti-Virus Archived Virus Detection Bypass Vulnerability, Less Critical
OSVDB: 6409 - F-Secure Anti-Virus PKZip Virus Detection Bypass

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

Created: 05/26/2004 13:53
Updated: 06/07/2017 16:04
Changes: 05/26/2004 13:53 (58), 06/07/2017 16:04 (17)
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Cache ID: 216:9B8:103

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