Vba32 Personal Antivirus Insecure File Permissions Local Privilege Escalation Vulnerability

BID:25930

Info

Vba32 Personal Antivirus Insecure File Permissions Local Privilege Escalation Vulnerability

Bugtraq ID: 25930
Class: Design Error
CVE: CVE-2007-5254
Remote: No
Local: Yes
Published: Oct 04 2007 12:00AM
Updated: May 07 2015 05:35PM
Credit: Edi Strosar is credited with discovering this vulnerability.
Vulnerable: VirusBlokAda Vba32 Personal 3.12.2
VirusBlokAda VBA32
Not Vulnerable:

Discussion

Vba32 Personal Antivirus Insecure File Permissions Local Privilege Escalation Vulnerability

Vba32 Personal is prone to a local privilege-escalation vulnerability that stems from a design error. This vulnerability occurs because the application assigns insecure file permissions to certain directories upon installation.

An attacker may exploit this vulnerability to overwrite files with arbitrary code in the affected directories. The arbitrary code will then run with SYSTEM-level privileges. This may facilitate a complete compromise of affected computers.

Vba32 Personal 3.12.2 is vulnerable to this issue; other versions may also be affected.

Exploit / POC

Vba32 Personal Antivirus Insecure File Permissions Local Privilege Escalation Vulnerability

To exploit this issue, attackers replace executables that run as services with their own executable content.

Solution / Fix

Vba32 Personal Antivirus Insecure File Permissions Local Privilege Escalation Vulnerability

Solution:
The vendor has released a fix to address this issue. Users of affected software should contact the vendor for information on obtaining and applying fixes.

References

Vba32 Personal Antivirus Insecure File Permissions Local Privilege Escalation Vulnerability

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