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Secunia Research: NOD32 Scheduled Scan Privilege Escalation Vulnerability

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                    Secunia Research 05/04/2006

     - NOD32 Scheduled Scan Privilege Escalation Vulnerability -

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Table of Contents

Affected Software....................................................1
Severity.............................................................2
Description of Vulnerability.........................................3
Solution.............................................................4
Time Table...........................................................5
Credits..............................................................6
References...........................................................7
About Secunia........................................................8
Verification.........................................................9

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1) Affected Software 

* NOD32 version 2.5 for WinNT/2K/XP/2003
  (nod32krn.exe/nod32.exe 2.51.20.0)

Other versions may also be affected.

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2) Severity 

Rating: Less Critical
Impact: Privilege Escalation
Where:  Local System

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3) Description of Vulnerability

Secunia Research has discovered a vulnerability in NOD32, which can
be exploited by malicious, local users to gain escalated privileges on
a vulnerable system.

The vulnerability is caused due to the NOD32 GUI (nod32.exe) running
with SYSTEM privileges when a scheduled on-demand scan is being run
by the scheduler. This can be exploited to e.g. invoke cmd.exe with
SYSTEM privileges when a scheduled scan is running.

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4) Solution 

Update to version 2.51.26.

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5) Time Table 

02/03/2006 - Initial vendor notification.
06/03/2006 - Initial vendor reply.
04/04/2006 - Vendor releases patches.
05/04/2006 - Public disclosure.

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6) Credits 

Discovered by Tan Chew Keong, Secunia Research.

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7) References

The Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures (CVE) project has assigned
CVE-2006-0951 for the vulnerability.

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8) About Secunia 

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9) Verification 

Please verify this advisory by visiting the Secunia website:
http://secunia.com/secunia_research/2006-17/advisory/

Complete list of vulnerability reports published by Secunia Research:
http://secunia.com/secunia_research/

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