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A Denial-of-Service (DoS) vulnerability was discovered in F-Secure Atlant whereby the AVRDL unpacking module component used in certain F-Secure products can crash while scanning a fuzzed files. The exploit can be triggered remotely by an attacker. A successful attack will result in Denial-of-Service (DoS) of the Anti-Virus engine.
The F-Secure AV parsing engine before 2020-02-05 allows virus-detection bypass via crafted Compression Method data in a GZIP archive. This affects versions before 17.0.605.474 (on Linux) of Cloud Protection For Salesforce, Email and Server Security, and Internet GateKeeper.
F-Secure Radar (on-premises) before 2018-02-15 has an Unvalidated Redirect via the ReturnUrl parameter that triggers upon a user login.
F-Secure Radar (on-premises) before 2018-02-15 has XSS via vectors involving the Tags parameter in the JSON request body in an outbound request for the /api/latest/vulnerabilityscans/tags/batch resource, aka a "suggested metadata tags for assets" issue.
F-Secure Software Updater 2.20, as distributed in several F-Secure products, downloads installation packages over plain http and does not perform file integrity validation after download. Man-in-the-middle attackers can replace the file with their own executable which will be executed under the SYSTEM account. Note that when Software Updater is configured to install updates automatically, it checks if the downloaded file is digitally signed by default, but does not check the author of the signature. When running in manual mode (default), no signature check is performed.
Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in F-Secure Messaging Secure Gateway 7.5.0 before Patch 1862 allows remote authenticated administrators to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via the new parameter in the SysUser module to admin.
SQL injection vulnerability in an unspecified DLL in the FSDBCom ActiveX control in F-Secure Anti-Virus for Microsoft Exchange Server before HF02, Anti-Virus for Windows Servers 9.00 before HF09, Anti-Virus for Citrix Servers 9.00 before HF09, and F-Secure Email and Server Security and F-Secure Server Security 9.20 before HF01 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary SQL commands via unknown vectors, related to GetCommand.
Integer overflow in multiple F-Secure anti-virus products, including Internet Security 2006 through 2008, Anti-Virus 2006 through 2008, and others, when configured to scan inside compressed archives, allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a crafted RPM compressed archive file, which triggers a buffer overflow.
A Denial-of-Service vulnerability was discovered in the F-Secure Atlant and in certain WithSecure products while scanning fuzzed PE32-bit files it is possible that can crash the scanning engine. The exploit can be triggered remotely by an attacker.
F-Secure Anti-Virus, Safe Anywhere, and PSB Workstation Security before 11500 for Mac OS X allows local users to disable the Mac OS X firewall via unspecified vectors.
F-Secure Internet Security 2010 and earlier; Anti-Virus for Microsoft Exchange 9 and earlier, and for MIMEsweeper 5.61 and earlier; Internet Gatekeeper for Windows 6.61 and earlier, and for Linux 4.02 and earlier; Anti-Virus 2010 and earlier; Home Server Security 2009; Protection Service for Consumers 9 and earlier, for Business - Workstation security 9 and earlier, for Business - Server Security 8 and earlier, and for E-mail and Server security 9 and earlier; Mac Protection build 8060 and earlier; Client Security 9 and earlier; and various Anti-Virus products for Windows, Linux, and Citrix; does not properly detect malware in crafted (1) 7Z, (2) GZIP, (3) CAB, or (4) RAR archives, which makes it easier for remote attackers to avoid detection.
F-Secure Anti-Virus for Linux Gateways 4.65 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (possibly fatal scan error), and possibly bypass virus detection, by inserting invalid characters into base64 encoded content in a multipart/mixed MIME file, as demonstrated with the EICAR test file.
A Denial-of-Service vulnerability was discovered in the F-Secure and WithSecure products where aerdl.so/aerdl.dll may go into an infinite loop when unpacking PE files. It is possible that this can crash the scanning engine
Multiple Denial-of-Service (DoS) vulnerability was discovered in F-Secure & WithSecure products whereby the aerdl.dll unpacker handler function crashes. This can lead to a possible scanning engine crash.
A Drag and Drop spoof vulnerability was discovered in F-Secure SAFE Browser for Android and iOS version 19.0 and below. Drag and drop operation by user on address bar could lead to a spoofing of the address bar.
In F-Secure Endpoint Protection for Windows and macOS before channel with Capricorn database 2022-11-2207, the aerdl.dll unpacker handler crashes. This can lead to a scanning engine crash, triggerable remotely by an attacker for denial of service.
A Denial-of-Service (DoS) vulnerability was discovered in the fsicapd component used in WithSecure products whereby the service may crash while parsing ICAP request. The exploit can be triggered remotely by an attacker.
F-Secure SAFE Browser 19.1 before 19.2 for Android allows an IDN homograph attack.
F-Secure Total Link Following Local Privilege Escalation Vulnerability. This vulnerability allows local attackers to escalate privileges on affected installations of F-Secure Total. User interaction on the part of an administrator is required to exploit this vulnerability.
The specific flaw exists within the WithSecure plugin hosting service. By creating a symbolic link, an attacker can abuse the service to create a file. An attacker can leverage this vulnerability to escalate privileges and execute arbitrary code in the context of SYSTEM. Was ZDI-CAN-23005.
A vulnerability affecting F-Secure SAFE browser for Android and iOS was discovered. A maliciously crafted website could make a phishing attack with URL spoofing as the browser only display certain part of the entire URL.
Certain WithSecure products allow Denial of Service in the aeelf component. This affects WithSecure Client Security 15, WithSecure Server Security 15, WithSecure Email and Server Security 15, WithSecure Elements Endpoint Protection 17 and later, WithSecure Client Security for Mac 15, WithSecure Elements Endpoint Protection for Mac 17 and later, Linux Security 64 12.0 , Linux Protection 12.0, and WithSecure Atlant (formerly F-Secure Atlant) 1.0.35-1.
Certain WithSecure products allow Denial of Service via the aepack archive unpack handler. This affects WithSecure Client Security 15, WithSecure Server Security 15, WithSecure Email and Server Security 15, WithSecure Elements Endpoint Protection 17 and later, WithSecure Client Security for Mac 15, WithSecure Elements Endpoint Protection for Mac 17 and later, Linux Security 64 12.0 , Linux Protection 12.0, and WithSecure Atlant (formerly F-Secure Atlant) 1.0.35-1.
Certain WithSecure products allow Local privilege escalation via the lhz archive unpack handler. This affects WithSecure Client Security 15, WithSecure Server Security 15, WithSecure Email and Server Security 15, WithSecure Elements Endpoint Protection 17 and later, WithSecure Client Security for Mac 15, WithSecure Elements Endpoint Protection for Mac 17 and later, Linux Security 64 12.0 , Linux Protection 12.0, and WithSecure Atlant (formerly F-Secure Atlant) 1.0.35-1.
Certain WithSecure products allow Denial of Service (infinite loop). This affects WithSecure Client Security 15, WithSecure Server Security 15, WithSecure Email and Server Security 15, WithSecure Elements Endpoint Protection 17 and later, WithSecure Client Security for Mac 15, WithSecure Elements Endpoint Protection for Mac 17 and later, Linux Security 64 12.0 , Linux Protection 12.0, and WithSecure Atlant (formerly F-Secure Atlant) 1.0.35-1.
The ELF file parser in Bitdefender 7.2, Command Antivirus 5.2.11.5, Comodo Antivirus 7424, eSafe 7.0.17.0, F-Prot Antivirus 4.6.2.117, F-Secure Anti-Virus 9.0.16160.0, McAfee Gateway (formerly Webwasher) 2010.1C, nProtect Anti-Virus 2011-01-17.01, Sophos Anti-Virus 4.61.0, and Rising Antivirus 22.83.00.03 allows remote attackers to bypass malware detection via an ELF file with a \4a\46\49\46 character sequence at a certain location. NOTE: this may later be SPLIT into multiple CVEs if additional information is published showing that the error occurred independently in different ELF parser implementations.
A Denial-of-Service (DoS) vulnerability was discovered in F-Secure Linux Security whereby the FSAVD component used in certain F-Secure products can crash while scanning larger packages/fuzzed files. The exploit can be triggered remotely by an attacker. A successful attack will result in Denial-of-Service (DoS) of the Anti-Virus engine.
DISPUTED Race condition in F-Secure Internet Security 2010 10.00 build 246 on Windows XP allows local users to bypass kernel-mode hook handlers, and execute dangerous code that would otherwise be blocked by a handler but not blocked by signature-based malware detection, via certain user-space memory changes during hook-handler execution, aka an argument-switch attack or a KHOBE attack. NOTE: this issue is disputed by some third parties because it is a flaw in a protection mechanism for situations where a crafted program has already begun to execute.
F-Secure Anti-Virus does not properly interact with the processing of hcp:// URLs by the Microsoft Help and Support Center, which makes it easier for remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via malware that is correctly detected by this product, but with a detection approach that occurs too late to stop the code execution. NOTE: the researcher indicates that a vendor response was received, stating that "the inability to catch these files are caused by lacking functionality rather than programming errors."
The ELF file parser in Bitdefender 7.2, Comodo Antivirus 7424, eSafe 7.0.17.0, F-Secure Anti-Virus 9.0.16160.0, McAfee Anti-Virus Scanning Engine 5.400.0.1158, McAfee Gateway (formerly Webwasher) 2010.1C, nProtect Anti-Virus 2011-01-17.01, Sophos Anti-Virus 4.61.0, and Rising Antivirus 22.83.00.03 allows remote attackers to bypass malware detection via an ELF file with a \19\04\00\10 character sequence at a certain location. NOTE: this may later be SPLIT into multiple CVEs if additional information is published showing that the error occurred independently in different ELF parser implementations.
Multiple content security gateway and antivirus products allow remote attackers to bypass content restrictions via MIME messages that use malformed quoting in MIME headers, parameters, and values, including (1) fields that should not be quoted, (2) duplicate quotes, or (3) missing leading or trailing quote characters, which may be interpreted differently by mail clients.