18812 : HAURI Anti-Virus Compressed Archive Extraction Traversal Arbitrary File Write
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Last Modified
10 months ago

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100%

Disclosure
Aug 19, 2005

Discovery
Jun 30, 2005

Dates

Exploit
Unknown

Solution
Unknown

Description

 Multiple HAURI Anti-Virus products contain a flaw that allows a remote attacker to overwrite arbitrary files. The issue is due to unsafe extraction of compressed archives into a temporary directory before scanning which can be used to write files into arbitrary directories when scanning, specifically a malicious archive containing files that have "../../" directory sequences in their filenames, resulting a loss of integrity.

Classification

 Location: Local Access Required
Attack Type: Input Manipulation
Impact: Loss of Integrity
Exploit: Exploit Unknown
Disclosure: OSVDB Verified

Solution

 Currently, there are no known workarounds or upgrades to correct this issue. Vendor has released a patch to address this vulnerability, however the updated version obtained available via online update is still vulnerable when scanning certain archive types.

Products
HAURI Inc.
Watch-list
ViRobot Expert
Watch-list
 4.0
ViRobot Linux Server
Watch-list
 2.0
ViRobot Advanced
Watch-list
 2.0

References

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  • Tan Chew Keong - vulnBrand New Doo Doosecunia.com - Secunia Research

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