Multiple Vendor Antivirus Products Obscured File Name Scan Evasion Vulnerability

BID:15423

Info

Multiple Vendor Antivirus Products Obscured File Name Scan Evasion Vulnerability

Bugtraq ID: 15423
Class: Input Validation Error
CVE:
Remote: Yes
Local: No
Published: Nov 15 2005 12:00AM
Updated: Feb 20 2007 08:36PM
Credit: [email protected] discovered this issue.
Vulnerable: Symantec AntiVirus Corporate Edition 8.0
RAV AntiVirus RAV AntiVirus Desktop 8.6
Microsoft AntiSpyware beta 1
Kaspersky Labs Anti-Virus Personal 4.5 .104
Kaspersky Labs Anti-Virus for Windows File Servers 4.5 .104
Frisk Software F-Prot Antivirus 3.16 c
ClamWin ClamWin 0.87
Avast Antivirus Professional Edition 4.6.603
Not Vulnerable:

Discussion

Multiple Vendor Antivirus Products Obscured File Name Scan Evasion Vulnerability

Multiple antivirus products from various vendors are reported prone to a vulnerability that may allow malicious files to bypass detection.

This issue arises when an affected application processes a file with an obscured name.

This issue could allow malicious files to bypass detection and to be opened by a recipient.

Update: Symantec is currently investigating this issue in Symantec products. It is unclear at this time if malicious files may evade scanning or if the automatic removal feature fails. This BID will be updated as more information is disclosed.

Exploit / POC

Multiple Vendor Antivirus Products Obscured File Name Scan Evasion Vulnerability

An exploit is not required.

Solution / Fix

Multiple Vendor Antivirus Products Obscured File Name Scan Evasion Vulnerability

Solution:
Currently we are not aware of any vendor-supplied patches for this issue. If you feel we are in error or if you are aware of more recent information, please mail us at: mailto:[email protected].

References

Multiple Vendor Antivirus Products Obscured File Name Scan Evasion Vulnerability

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