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Symantec Norton AntiVirus MS-DOS Device Name Handling Weakness
Secunia Advisory: SA12734
Release Date: 2004-10-06
Popularity: 16,394 views

Critical:
Not critical
Impact: Security Bypass
Where: Local system
Solution Status: Partial Fix

Software:Symantec Norton AntiVirus 2003
Symantec Norton AntiVirus 2004
Symantec Norton AntiVirus 2005

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Description:
Kurt Seifried has reported a weakness in Symantec Norton AntiVirus, which can be exploited by malware to bypass certain scanning functionality.

The problem is caused due to an error within the handling of files and directories on the system with reserved MS-DOS device names and can be exploited by including malware in a file or directory with such a name (e.g. "prn" or "aux").

Successful exploitation causes malware to evade detection during automatic and manual scans.

NOTE: Malware will reportedly still be detected by the email scanning functionality and upon execution.

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