Sophos Anti-Virus up to 5.0 ZIP Archive privileges management

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability was found in Sophos Anti-Virus up to 5.0 and classified as critical. Affected by this issue is some unknown functionality of the component ZIP Archive Handler. Such manipulation leads to privileges management. This vulnerability is traded as CVE-2004-0937. The attack may be launched remotely. Furthermore, there is an exploit available. It is suggested to upgrade the affected component.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability was found in Sophos Anti-Virus up to 5.0 (Anti-Malware Software) and classified as critical. Affected by this issue is an unknown code of the component ZIP Archive Handler. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a privileges management vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to 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. Impacted is confidentiality, and integrity.

The bug was discovered 09/16/2004. The weakness was shared 10/18/2004 with iDEFENSE (Website). The advisory is available at idefense.com. This vulnerability is handled as CVE-2004-0937 since 10/05/2004. The attack may be launched remotely. No form of authentication is required for exploitation. Technical details are unknown but a public exploit is available. This vulnerability is assigned to T1068 by the MITRE ATT&CK project.

The exploit is available at exploit-db.com. It is declared as proof-of-concept. The vulnerability was handled as a non-public zero-day exploit for at least 5 days. During that time the estimated underground price was around $25k-$100k. The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 15598 (Mandrake Linux Security Advisory : perl-Archive-Zip (MDKSA-2004:118)), which helps to determine the existence of the flaw in a target environment. It is assigned to the family Mandriva Local Security Checks.

Upgrading eliminates this vulnerability. Applying a patch is able to eliminate this problem. The bugfix is ready for download at sophos.com. The best possible mitigation is suggested to be upgrading to the latest version. A possible mitigation has been published even before and not after the disclosure of the vulnerability.

The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at X-Force (17761), Exploit-DB (629), Tenable (15598), SecurityFocus (BID 11448†) and OSVDB (10963†). sophos.com is providing further details. The entries VDB-927, VDB-928, VDB-913 and VDB-915 are related to this item. If you want to get best quality of vulnerability data, you may have to visit VulDB.

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VulDB Meta Base Score: 6.5
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Class: Privileges management
CWE: CWE-269 / CWE-266
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Remote: Yes

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Access: Public
Status: Proof-of-Concept
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Nessus ID: 15598
Nessus Name: Mandrake Linux Security Advisory : perl-Archive-Zip (MDKSA-2004:118)
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Recommended: Upgrade
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Patch: sophos.com
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09/21/2004 +5 days 🔍
10/05/2004 +14 days 🔍
10/18/2004 +12 days 🔍
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02/27/2007 +748 days 🔍
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Sourcesinfo

Vendor: sophos.com

Advisory: idefense.com⛔
Researcher: http://www.idefense.com
Organization: iDEFENSE
Status: Confirmed

CVE: CVE-2004-0937 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2004-0937
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-914
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X-Force: 17761 - Multiple vendor antivirus .zip bypass protection, Medium Risk
SecurityFocus: 11448 - Multiple Vendor Antivirus Software Zip Files Detection Evasion Vulnerability
Secunia: 12875 - Sophos Anti-Virus Zip Archive Virus Detection Bypass, Not Critical
OSVDB: 10963 - Multiple Anti-Virus Zero Compressed Size Header Detection Bypass
SecurityTracker: 1011763 - McAfee Anti-Virus Lets Remote Users Bypass Virus Detection WIth Zero Compressed Size Header
SecuriTeam: securiteam.com
Vulnerability Center: 14428 - Sophos Anti-Virus Remote Antivirus Protection Bypass, Medium

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

Created: 10/20/2004 16:26
Updated: 11/21/2024 02:22
Changes: 10/20/2004 16:26 (65), 06/07/2017 16:04 (29), 03/10/2021 07:41 (2), 03/10/2021 07:43 (2), 03/10/2021 07:50 (1), 11/21/2024 02:22 (15)
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