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vulnerability bulletin 8733
Panda: bypassing via CAB/TAR
Synthesis of the vulnerability
| An attacker can create a CAB/TAR archive containing a virus which is not detected by Panda. |
Severity: 2/4.
Creation date: 22/05/2009.
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Impacted products
Description of the vulnerability
Panda products detect viruses contained in CAB/TAR archives.
However, an attacker can create a slightly malformed archive, which can still be opened by tools, but which cannot be opened by the antivirus.
An attacker can therefore create a CAB/TAR archive containing a virus which is not detected by Panda. |
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Characteristics
Title: Panda: bypassing via CAB/TAR.
Keywords: CAB Panda TAR bypassing.
Identifiers: BID-35072, TZO-24-2009, TZO-25-2009, VIGILANCE-VUL-8733.
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