TITLE: F-Secure Antivirus Products Scanning Bypass Vulnerability SECUNIA ADVISORY ID: SA20858
VERIFY ADVISORY: http://secunia.com/advisories/20858/ CRITICAL: Moderately critical IMPACT: Security Bypass WHERE: >From remote SOFTWARE: F-Secure Anti-Virus 2004 http://secunia.com/product/3500/ F-Secure Anti-Virus 2005 http://secunia.com/product/4299/ F-Secure Anti-Virus 2006 http://secunia.com/product/6882/ F-Secure Anti-Virus Client Security 5.x http://secunia.com/product/2718/ F-Secure Anti-Virus Client Security 6.x http://secunia.com/product/5786/ F-Secure Anti-Virus for Citrix Servers 5.x http://secunia.com/product/5198/ F-Secure Anti-Virus for MIMEsweeper 5.x http://secunia.com/product/455/ F-Secure Anti-Virus for Windows Servers 5.x http://secunia.com/product/452/ F-Secure Anti-Virus for Workstations 5.x http://secunia.com/product/457/ F-Secure Internet Security 2004 http://secunia.com/product/3499/ F-Secure Internet Security 2005 http://secunia.com/product/4300/ F-Secure Internet Security 2006 http://secunia.com/product/6883/ F-Secure Service Platform for Service Providers (Personal Express) 6.x http://secunia.com/product/6885/ DESCRIPTION: Two vulnerabilities have been reported in various F-Secure Antivirus products, which can be exploited by malware to bypass the scanning functionality. 1) An unspecified error within the handling of executable programs where the name has been manipulated in a certain way can be exploited to bypass the anti-virus scanning functionality. 2) An error causes files on removable media to not be scanned when the "Scan network devices" option has been disabled. Successful exploitation of the vulnerabilities bypasses the real-time scanning functionality and may result in execution of malware on the system. SOLUTION: Apply patches (see patch matrix in the vendor's advisory). PROVIDED AND/OR DISCOVERED BY: Reported by the vendor. ORIGINAL ADVISORY: F-Secure: http://www.f-secure.com/security/fsc-2006-4.shtml ============= PCWorks Mailing List ================= Don't see your post? Check our posting guidelines & make sure you've followed proper posting procedures, http://pcworkers.com/rules.htm Contact list owner <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Unsubscribing and other changes: http://pcworkers.com =====================================================
