Permissions, Privileges, and Access Controls in ClamAV and Sophos Anti-Virus - CVE-2012-1458
Published: March 21, 2012 / Updated: August 11, 2020
Vulnerability identifier: #VU44195
CSH Severity: Medium
CVSS v4.0: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:L/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Green
CVE-ID: CVE-2012-1458
CWE-ID: CWE-264
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability:
No public exploit available
Vendor: ClamAV
Sophos
Sophos
Affected software:
ClamAV
Sophos Anti-Virus
ClamAV
Sophos Anti-Virus
Detailed vulnerability description
The vulnerability allows a remote non-authenticated attacker to manipulate data.
The Microsoft CHM file parser in ClamAV 0.96.4 and Sophos Anti-Virus 4.61.0 allows remote attackers to bypass malware detection via a crafted reset interval in the LZXC header of a CHM file. NOTE: this may later be SPLIT into multiple CVEs if additional information is published showing that the error occurred independently in different CHM parser implementations.
How to mitigate CVE-2012-1458
Install update from vendor's website.
Sources
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2012-07/msg00002.html
- http://osvdb.org/80473
- http://osvdb.org/80474
- http://www.ieee-security.org/TC/SP2012/program.html
- http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2012:094
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/522005
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/52611
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/74301