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vulnerability 8795
Norman Antivirus: bypassing via RAR
Synthesis of the vulnerability
| An attacker can create a RAR archive containing a virus which is not detected by Norman products. |
Severity: 2/4.
Creation date: 15/06/2009.
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Impacted products
Description of the vulnerability
Norman products detect viruses contained in RAR archives.
However, an attacker can create a slightly malformed archive (Size and Method), which can still be opened by Unrar tools, but which cannot be opened by the antivirus.
An attacker can therefore create a RAR archive containing a virus which is not detected by Norman products. |
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Characteristics
Title: Norman Antivirus: bypassing via RAR.
Keywords: Antivirus Method Norman RAR Size Unrar bypassing.
Identifiers: BID-35357, TZO-32-2009, VIGILANCE-VUL-8795.
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