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Topic : | Panda Antivirus EXE parsing Arbitrary Code Execution Advisory
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SecurityAlert : 2920
CVE : CVE-2007-3969
SecurityRisk : High (About)
Remote Exploit : No
Local Exploit : Yes
Exploit Available : No
Credit : n.runs AG
Published : 26.07.2007
Affected Software : | Panda Antivirus |
 Advisory Content : n.runs AG
http://www.nruns.com/ security(at)nruns.com
n.runs-SA-2007.019 20-Jul-2007
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Vendor: Panda Software, http://www.pandasoftware.com
Affected Products: Panda Antivirus
Vulnerability: Arbitrary Code Execution (remote)
Risk: HIGH
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Vendor communication:
2007/05/07 Initial notification to Panda Software
2007/05/08 Panda Software Response and pgp keys exchange
2007/05/09 PoC files sent to Panda Software
2007/05/10 Panda Software has some problems to reproduce it
2007/05/10 Assess to Panda Software to reproduce the bug
2007/05/24 Panda Software works on the vulnerability
2007/05/25 Panda Software first beta fix
2007/06/01 Ping to Panda Software for update on fix status
2007/06/03 Panda Software fix in QA
2007/07/05 Ping to Panda Software for status update
2007/07/05 Panda Software fix still in QA
2007/07/13 Panda Software notify tentative release date
2007/07/20 Panda Software made available the updates
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Overview:
Founded in 1990 in Bilbao, Spain, Panda Software is privately owned and has
been self-financed from the start. With a strong focus on innovation and
research, it became a market leader in Spain in 1995 and started its
international expansion in 1996. In 2007, Investindustrial and Gala Capital
entered Panda Softwareâ??s share capital as part of a strategy to undertake
an aggressive expansion plan and globally launch new IT security solution.
Today the company maintains its international headquarters in Bilbao and
Madrid, and counts on a network of 3 subsidiaries (USA, Spain, France), a
joint-venture in China and 56 exclusive franchises in as many countries
around the world. The company sells its products and services to consumers
and businesses in over 200 countries around the world.
Panda Software is a leading developer and provider of integrated security
solutions to combat viruses, hackers, Trojans, spyware, phishing, spam and
other Internet threats.
Panda Software's centrally managed security solutions protect servers,
gateways and endpoints, ensuring an effective and simple-to-use line of
defense against Internet threats for enterprises, small and medium-sized
businesses and home users.
Description:
A remotely exploitable vulnerability has been found in the file parsing
engine.
In detail, the following flaw was determined:
- Buffer Overflow through Integer Cast Around in .EXE file parsing
Impact:
This problem can lead to remote arbitrary code execution if an attacker
carefully crafts a file that exploits the aforementioned vulnerability. The
vulnerability is present in Panda Antivirus software versions prior to the
last update of 20.Jul.2007.
Solution:
The vulnerability was reported on May 07 and an update has been issued on
July 20 to solve this vulnerability through the regular update mechanism.
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Credit:
Bugs found by Sergio Alvarez of n.runs AG.
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References:
Vendor Acknowledgement:
"Panda Software would like to thank Sergio â??shadownâ?? Alvarez
of nruns.com for reporting this issue and working responsibly
with us to release a fix in order to protect users."
This Advisory and Upcoming Advisories:
http://www.nruns.com/security_advisory.php
http://www.nruns.com/parsing-engines-advisories.php
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Unaltered electronic reproduction of this advisory is permitted. For all
other reproduction or publication, in printing or otherwise, contact
security (at) nruns (dot) com [email concealed] for permission. Use of the
advisory constitutes acceptance for use in an "as is" condition. All
warranties are excluded. In no event shall n.runs be liable for any damages
whatsoever including direct, indirect, incidental, consequential, loss of
business profits or special damages, even if n.runs has been advised of the
possibility of such damages.
Copyright 2007 n.runs AG. All rights reserved. Terms of apply.
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