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Norton AntiVirus 2002 Virus Detection Bypass Issue
Secunia Advisory: SA11046
Release Date: 2004-03-10
Last Update: 2004-03-12
Popularity: 13,073 views

Critical:
Less critical
Impact: Security Bypass
Where: Local system
Solution Status: Unpatched

Software:Symantec Norton AntiVirus 2002

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Description:
Bipin Gautam has reported a security issue in Norton AntiVirus 2002, which may result in malware being executed undetected.

An error in the Auto-Protect engine reportedly allows malware to be executed undetected on a system under some circumstances. This can be exploited by placing a malicious file in a nested sub-folder.

A bug was also reported, which may crash the front-end ("NAVW32.exe") when performing a manual scan of a file or folder with a name containing an ASCII control character. This doesn't affect the Auto-Protect engine.

NOTE: The vendor has reportedly not been able to confirm the issues in the reported version or any other supported and up-to-date versions.

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