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Sophos Anti-Virus Zip Archive Virus Detection Bypass
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Secunia Advisory:
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SA12875
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Release Date:
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2004-10-20
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Popularity:
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8,404 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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From remote
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Solution Status:
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Partial Fix
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| Software: | Sophos Anti-Virus 3.x
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| Advisory Content (Page 1 of 3) | [ 1 ] [ 2 ] [ 3 ] | |
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Description:
A weakness has been reported in Sophos Anti-Virus, which can be exploited by malware to bypass certain scanning functionality.
The problem is caused due to an error when parsing .zip archive headers and can be exploited via a specially crafted .zip archive where the uncompressed size of the archived file has been modified within the local and global headers.
Successful exploitation causes malware in a specially crafted .zip archive to pass the scanning functionality undetected.
NOTE: This is not a critical issue on client systems, as the malware still is detected upon execution by the desktop on-access scanner.
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