CVE-2004-2442

Summary

CVECVE-2004-2442
StatePUBLISHED
Assignermitre
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2004-12-31 05:00:00 UTC
Updated2025-04-03 01:03:51 UTC
DescriptionMultiple interpretation error in various F-Secure Anti-Virus products, including Workstation 5.43 and earlier, Windows Servers 5.50 and earlier, MIMEsweeper 5.50 and earlier, Anti-Virus for Linux Servers and Gateways 4.61 and earlier, and other products, allows remote attackers to bypass antivirus protection via a compressed file with both local and global headers set to zero, which does not prevent the compressed file from being opened on the target system.

Risk And Classification

Primary CVSS: v2.0 5 from [email protected]

AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N

Problem Types: NVD-CWE-Other | n/a

CVSS v2.0 Breakdown

Access Vector
Network
Access Complexity
Low
Authentication
None
Confidentiality
None
Integrity
Partial
Availability
None

AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Application F-secure F-secure Anti-virus 2004 All All All
Application F-secure F-secure Anti-virus 2005 All All All
Application F-secure F-secure Anti-virus 4.51 All linux_gateways All
Application F-secure F-secure Anti-virus 4.51 All linux_servers All
Application F-secure F-secure Anti-virus 4.51 All linux_workstations All
Application F-secure F-secure Anti-virus 4.52 All linux_gateways All
Application F-secure F-secure Anti-virus 4.52 All linux_servers All
Application F-secure F-secure Anti-virus 4.52 All linux_workstations All
Application F-secure F-secure Anti-virus 4.60 All samba_servers All
Application F-secure F-secure Anti-virus 4.61 All linux_gateways All
Application F-secure F-secure Anti-virus 4.61 All linux_servers All
Application F-secure F-secure Anti-virus 5.0 All linux_client_security All
Application F-secure F-secure Anti-virus 5.0 All linux_server_security All
Application F-secure F-secure Anti-virus 5.41 All mimesweeper All
Application F-secure F-secure Anti-virus 5.41 All windows_servers All
Application F-secure F-secure Anti-virus 5.41 All workstations All
Application F-secure F-secure Anti-virus 5.42 All mimesweeper All
Application F-secure F-secure Anti-virus 5.42 All windows_servers All
Application F-secure F-secure Anti-virus 5.42 All workstations All
Application F-secure F-secure Anti-virus 5.43 All workstations All
Application F-secure F-secure Anti-virus 5.5 All client_security All
Application F-secure F-secure Anti-virus 5.5 All mimesweeper All
Application F-secure F-secure Anti-virus 5.5 All windows_servers All
Application F-secure F-secure Anti-virus 5.52 All client_security All
Application F-secure F-secure Anti-virus 5.55 All client_security All
Application F-secure F-secure Anti-virus 6.01 All ms_exchange All
Application F-secure F-secure Anti-virus 6.2 All ms_exchange All
Application F-secure F-secure Anti-virus 6.21 All ms_exchange All
Application F-secure F-secure Anti-virus 6.30 All ms_exchange All
Application F-secure F-secure Anti-virus 6.30_sr1 All ms_exchange All
Application F-secure F-secure Anti-virus 6.31 All ms_exchange All
Application F-secure F-secure For Firewalls 6.20 All All All
Application F-secure F-secure Internet Security 2004 All All All
Application F-secure F-secure Internet Security 2005 All All All
Application F-secure F-secure Personal Express 4.5 All All All
Application F-secure F-secure Personal Express 4.6 All All All
Application F-secure F-secure Personal Express 4.7 All All All
Application F-secure F-secure Personal Express 5.0 All All All
Application F-secure Internet Gatekeeper 2.6 All linux All
Application F-secure Internet Gatekeeper 6.3 All All All
Application F-secure Internet Gatekeeper 6.31 All All All
Application F-secure Internet Gatekeeper 6.32 All All All
Application F-secure Internet Gatekeeper 6.4 All All All
Application F-secure Internet Gatekeeper 6.41 All All All

Vendor Declared Affected Products

SourceVendorProductVersionPlatforms
CNA Na N/a affected n/a Not specified

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
IBM X-Force Exchange af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com
Secunia - Advisories - F-Secure Products Zip Archive Virus Detection Bypass Vulnerability af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com Patch
P-041: F-Secure Zip Archive Bypasses Scanning af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.ciac.org Vendor Advisory
F-Secure Anti-Virus ZIP Archive Scanner Bypass Vulnerability af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.securityfocus.com Patch
F-Secure Security Bulletin FSC-2004-2 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.f-secure.com Patch, Vendor Advisory
US-CERT Vulnerability Note VU#968818 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.kb.cert.org Third Party Advisory, US Government Resource
CVE Program record CVE.ORG www.cve.org canonical
NVD vulnerability detail NVD nvd.nist.gov canonical, analysis
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