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Symantec Norton AntiVirus MS-DOS Device Name Handling Weakness
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Secunia Advisory:
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SA12734
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Release Date:
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2004-10-06
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Popularity:
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16,394 views
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Critical:
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Not critical
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Impact:
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Security Bypass
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Where:
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Local system
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Solution Status:
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Partial Fix
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| 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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