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Multiple AV Vendor Incorrect CRC32 Bypass Vulnerability.


From: Bipin Gautam <visitbipin () hotmail com>
Date: 10 Mar 2005 11:26:22 -0000



Multiple AV Vendor Incorrect CRC32 Bypass Vulnerability. 

Affected Product:

AntiVir 6.30.0.5 
AVG 718 
Sybari (Antigen for M$ exchange) 7.5.1314
Symantec 8.0
McAfee 4442
BitDefender 7.0 
 

POC: http://www.geocities.com/visitbipin/happy-crc.zip

Description:
if you create a zip archive with invalid CRC checksum...... some AV skip the archive marking it as clean........ by 
this way, you can bypass antivirus gateways and slip in any attachment without scanning the archive. Moreover, these 
days.... software tools automatically repair a *broken* archive.

Useful Reference on zip header: http://www.pkware.com/company/standards/appnote/

regards,
Bipin Gautam
http://www.geocities.com/visitbipin/


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