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F-Secure Anti-Virus Archived Virus Detection Bypass Vulnerability
Secunia Advisory: SA11699
Release Date: 2004-05-25
Last Update: 2005-07-26
Popularity: 13,883 views

Critical:
Less critical
Impact: Security Bypass
Where: From remote
Solution Status: Vendor Patch

Software:F-Secure Anti-Virus 5.x
F-Secure Anti-Virus Client Security 5.x
F-Secure Anti-Virus for Windows Servers 5.x
F-Secure Anti-Virus for Workstations 5.x

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Description:
A vulnerability has been discovered in F-Secure Anti-Virus, which may prevent certain malware in archives from being detected.

The vulnerability is caused due to an unspecified error, which reportedly causes a problem with properly detecting the Sober.D and Sober.G viruses in PKZip archives.

The vulnerability has been reported in the following versions:
* F-Secure Anti Virus 5.41/5.42 for Workstations
* F-Secure Anti-Virus 5.41/5.42 for File Servers
* F-Secure Anti Virus Client Security 5.50 and 5.52

NOTE: The malware will still be detected by the affected products when being extracted from the archives prior to execution.

Change Page:
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