McAfee Products TAR and PDF Files Scan Evasion Vulnerabilities

BID:36848

Info

McAfee Products TAR and PDF Files Scan Evasion Vulnerabilities

Bugtraq ID: 36848
Class: Design Error
CVE: CVE-2009-1348
Remote: Yes
Local: No
Published: Oct 27 2009 12:00AM
Updated: Mar 19 2015 09:04AM
Credit: Thierry Zoller
Vulnerable: McAfee VirusScan Plus 2007 0
McAfee VirusScan Enterprise 8.0 i patch 15
McAfee VirusScan Enterprise 8.0 i patch 12
McAfee VirusScan Enterprise 8.0 i patch 11
McAfee VirusScan Enterprise 8.0 i
McAfee VirusScan Enterprise 8.0
McAfee VirusScan Enterprise 7.1
McAfee VirusScan Enterprise 0
McAfee VirusScan 2006
McAfee VirusScan 2005
McAfee VirusScan 2004
McAfee Virex 7.7
McAfee Virex
McAfee Total Protection 2007 0
McAfee PortalShield for Microsoft SharePoint
McAfee NetShield for Netware 4
McAfee NetShield for Netware
McAfee LinuxShield 1
McAfee LinuxShield
McAfee GroupShield for Lotus Domino on Windows 5
McAfee GroupShield for Lotus Domino on AIX 5
McAfee GroupShield for Lotus Domino 7
McAfee GroupShield for Lotus Domino
McAfee GroupShield for Exchange 5.5 5.0.964.1
McAfee GroupShield for Exchange 5.5 5.0.902.1
McAfee GroupShield for Exchange 5.5 5.0.1007.1
McAfee GroupShield for Exchange 2000 5
McAfee GroupShield for Exchange 6.0
McAfee GroupShield for Exchange 5.5
McAfee GroupShield for Exchange 6.0.616.102
McAfee GroupShield for Exchange 4
Not Vulnerable:

Discussion

McAfee Products TAR and PDF Files Scan Evasion Vulnerabilities

Multiple McAfee products are prone to vulnerabilities that may allow certain files to bypass the scan engine.

Successful exploits will allow attackers to distribute files containing malicious code that the antivirus application on a gateway device will fail to detect.

Exploit / POC

McAfee Products TAR and PDF Files Scan Evasion Vulnerabilities

The researcher who reported these issues has developed proofs of concept, but they are not publicly available.

Solution / Fix

McAfee Products TAR and PDF Files Scan Evasion Vulnerabilities

Solution:
Updates are available through DAT files. Please see the references for details.

References

McAfee Products TAR and PDF Files Scan Evasion Vulnerabilities

References:

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