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Secunia Advisory SA37192

F-Secure Products PDF Handling Security Bypass
Secunia Advisory SA37192
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Release Date 2009-10-29
   
Popularity 2,567 views
Comments 0 comments

Criticality level Not criticalNot critical
Impact Security Bypass
Where From remote
Authentication level Available in Customer Area
   
Report reliability Available in Customer Area
Solution Status Vendor Patch
   
Systems affected Available in Customer Area
Approve distribution Available in Customer Area
   
Software:
F-Secure Anti-Virus 2006
F-Secure Anti-Virus 2007
F-Secure Anti-Virus 2008
F-Secure Anti-Virus 2009
F-Secure Anti-Virus for Citrix Servers 5.x
F-Secure Anti-Virus for Citrix Servers 7.x
F-Secure Anti-Virus for Linux 4.x
F-Secure Anti-Virus for Microsoft Exchange 6.x
F-Secure Anti-Virus for Microsoft Exchange 7.x
F-Secure Anti-Virus for Microsoft Exchange 8.x
F-Secure Anti-Virus for MIMEsweeper 5.x
F-Secure Anti-Virus for Windows Servers 7.x
F-Secure Anti-Virus for Windows Servers 8.x
F-Secure Anti-Virus for Workstations 7.x
F-Secure Anti-Virus for Workstations 8.x
F-Secure Anti-Virus Linux Client Security 5.x
F-Secure Anti-Virus Linux Server Security 5.x
F-Secure Client Security 8.x
F-Secure Internet Gatekeeper 6.x
F-Secure Internet Gatekeeper for Linux 2.x
F-Secure Internet Gatekeeper for Linux 3.x
F-Secure Internet Security 2008
F-Secure Internet Security 2009
F-Secure Linux Security 7.x
Secunia CVSS Score Available in Customer Area
CVE Reference(s) No CVE references.
  

Description

A weakness has been reported in various F-Secure products, which can be exploited by malware to bypass the scanning functionality.

An error in the handling of PDF files can be exploited to bypass the anti-virus scanning functionality via specially crafted PDF files.


Solution
Fixes are distributed via the automatic update channel.

Provided and/or discovered by
Thierry Zoller, G-SEC

Original Advisory
F-Secure:
http://www.f-secure.com/en_EMEA/support/security-advisory/fsc-2009-3.html

G-SEC:
http://www.g-sec.lu/fsecure-pdf-bypass.html

Deep Links
Links available in Customer Area


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