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BitDefender for Mail Servers Malware Detection Bypass
Secunia Advisory: SA16085
Release Date: 2005-07-15
Popularity: 9,150 views

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

Software:BitDefender Antivirus & Antispam for Mail Servers (WIN SMTP Proxy) 1.x

Secunia CVSS-2 Score: Available in Secunia business solutions

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Description:
Alexander Hagenah has reported a vulnerability in BitDefender for Mail Servers, which can be exploited by malware to bypass certain scanning functionality.

The vulnerability is caused due to an error when parsing attachments and can be exploited via a specially crafted UUencoded mail with multiple attachments.

Successful exploitation causes malware in an attachment to pass the scanning functionality undetected.

The vulnerability has been reported in engine versions 1.6.1 and prior for Linux and FreeBSD.

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