Hello Mark,
vulnerability is limited in our products to one specific type of potential
virus file
It is .bat files (if I remember).
which is not commonly allowed in most IT systems
Yes, I think organizations must implement good e-mail policy that blocks all
executable file types (or allow some file types that needed for business and
block the rest).
and needs to be executed manually
Maybe it is not always true if some virus drops locally .bat file and then
executes it.
I did not check this issue with the current definitions and updates, but
important point is that I used .bat, .html and .eml file types with the
magic byte of .exe file - I believe that such vulnerability can be
implemented with other file types and possibly with other magic byte. The
vendors must patch the LOGIC (algorithm) of the scanning to address this
issue.
Best regards,
Andrey Bayora.
----- Original Message -----
From: <mgotts@2roads.com>
To: "Andrey Bayora" <andrey@securityelf.org>
Cc: <bugtraq@securityfocus.com>
Sent: Friday, October 28, 2005 6:52 PM
Subject: Re: Multiple Vendor Anti-Virus Software Detection Evasion
Vulnerability through
Multiple Vendor Anti-Virus Software Detection Evasion Vulnerability
through
forged magic byte.
AUTHOR: Andrey Bayora (www.securityelf.org)
For more details, screenshots and examples please read my article "The
Magic
of magic byte" at www.securityelf.org . In addition, you will find a
sample
"triple headed" program which has 3 different 'execution entry
points',
depending on the extension of the file (exe, html or eml) - just
change the
extension and the SAME file will be executed by (at least) THREE
DIFFERENT
programs! (thanks to contributing author Wayne Langlois from
www.diamondcs.com.au).
Below I copied Trend Micro's response to the "magic byte" vulnerability in
their products:
========================================
Dear Valued Client,
Greetings!
My name is <removed>. I will be the one handling your case.
Please correct me if I left some issues or if I misunderstood your
concern.
Trend Micro is aware of a potential vulnerability related to the "forged
magic byte" in certain file types. Based on our analysis, this
vulnerability is limited in our products to one specific type of potential
virus file which is not commonly allowed in most IT systems and needs to
be executed manually. Trend Micro customers are currently able to detect
such files -- should they be created -- through our virus pattern file,
2.915.00.
Please make sure that you regularly update your virus definitions. Hope
this information helps.
========================================
Any comments on their response?
-- Mark
