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CA eTrust EZ Antivirus Masked Proxy Password Disclosure Advisory Available in Danish 

Secunia Advisory: SA13267  
Release Date: 2004-11-25
Last Update: 2004-11-30

Critical:
Less critical
Impact: Security Bypass
Exposure of sensitive information
Where: Local system
Solution Status: Vendor Patch

Software:eTrust EZ Antivirus 7.x

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Description:
Cengiz Aykanat has reported a security issue in eTrust EZ Antivirus, which can be exploited by malicious people to bypass certain security features.

The problem is that it is possible to bypass the password protection feature and gain knowledge of the masked proxy password using various publicly available tools.

Solution:
Update to version 7.0.2.1.

Provided and/or discovered by:
Cengiz Aykanat

Changelog:
2004-11-30: Updated affected software.

Original Advisory:
http://www3.ca.com/securityadvisor/vulninfo/vuln.aspx?id=31832



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