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From the low-hanging-fruit-department
F-prot generic TAR bypass / evasion
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Release mode: Coordinated but limited disclosure.
Ref : [TZO-33-2009] - F-prot TAR bypass / evasion
WWW : http://blog.zoller.lu/2009/06/advisory-frisk-f-prot-evasion-tar.html
Vendor : http://www.f-prot.com
Status : Current version not patched, next engine version will be patched
in version 4.5.0. Vendor didn't reply if said version is
now in ciculation.
CVE : none provided
Credit : Given in the History file
OSVDB vendor entry: none [1]
Security notification reaction rating : better than last time
Notification to patch window : n+1 (no patch for current build)
Disclosure Policy :
http://blog.zoller.lu/2008/09/notification-and-disclosure-policy.html
Affected products (all versions up to 4.5.0 which is not released yet)
- F-PROT AVES (High: complete bypass of engine)
- F-PROT Antivirus for Windows (unknown)
- F-PROT Antivirus for Windows on Mail Servers : (High: complete bypass of engine)
- F-PROT Antivirus for Exchange (High: complete bypass of engine)
- F-PROT Antivirus for Linux x86 Mail Servers : (High: complete bypass of engine)
- F-PROT Antivirus for Linux x86 File Servers : (High: complete bypass of engine)
- F-PROT Antivirus for Solaris SPARC / Solaris x86 Mail Servers (High: complete bypass of engine)
- F-PROT Milter - for example sendmail (High: complete bypass of engine)
- F-PROT Antivirus for Linux on IBM zSeries (S/390) (High: complete bypass of engine)
- F-Prot Antivirus for Linux x86 Workstations (unknown)
OEM Partners affected :
- Autentium (all versions)
OEM Partners with unknown status :
- Sendmail, Inc.
- G-Data
I. Background
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Quote: "FRISK Software International, established in 1993, is one of the
world's leading companies in antivirus research and product development.
FRISK Software produces the hugely popular F-Prot Antivirus products range
offering unrivalled heuristic detection capabilities. In addition to this,
the F-Prot AVES managed online e-mail security service filters away the
nuisance of spam e-mail as well as viruses, worms and other malware that
increasingly clog up inboxes and threaten data security."
II. Description
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The parsing engine can be bypassed by a specially crafted and formated
TAR archive.
III. Impact
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A general description of the impact and nature of AV Bypasses/evasions
can be read at :
http://blog.zoller.lu/2009/04/case-for-av-bypassesevasions.html
The bug results in denying the engine the possibility to inspect
code within TAR archives. There is no inspection of the content
at all and hence the impossibility to detect malicious code.
IV. Disclosure timeline
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DD/MM/YYYY
28/04/2009 : Send proof of concept, description the terms under which
I cooperate and the planned disclosure date.
No reply
11/05/2009 : Resending PoC file asking to please reply
20/05/2009 : Frisk replies that it was unable to extract the PoC file with
"tar" and hence see no bypass.
20/05/2009 : Inform Frisk that the PoC extracts fine with Winzip
22/05/2009 : Frisk send a lenghty e-mail re-discussing bypasses/evasions
22/05/2009 : I state that I will not discuss this topic any further, everything
has been said and written multiple times. Either Frisk patches
or they do not.
22/05/2009 : Frisk states that the changes to the parsing code are minor
i.e not relying on the checksum. The patch will be included
in the next releaes candidate 4.5.0 and credit will be given
in the History file
Comment: I give it some time to 4.5.0 to be released.
10/06/2009 : Ask Frisk if 4.5.0 has been released now
no reply
14/06/2009 : Release of this advisory
[1] F-prot is encouraged to leave their security contact details at
http://osvdb.org/vendor/1/Frisk%20Software%20International
to facilate communication and reduce lost reports.
