Trend Micro InterScan VirusWall HTTP 1.1 chunked transfer encoding protection bypass

interscan-chunked-transfer-bypass (10106) The risk level is classified as MediumMedium Risk

Description:

Trend Micro InterScan VirusWall could allow a remote attacker to bypass virus protection and possibly cause the execution of malicious files, caused by the lack of support for HTTP 1.1 chunked transfer encoding. A remote attacker could use this vulnerability to transfer malicious files using chunked transfer encoding, which would remain undetected by InterScan VirusWall's virus protection and could then be executed on the victim's computer.

Platforms Affected:

  • Trend Micro, InterScan VirusWall 3.52 for Windows
  • Trend Micro, InterScan VirusWall 3.6 for Linux

Remedy:

No remedy available as of November 29, 2008.

Consequences:

Bypass Security

References:

Reported:

Sep 12, 2002

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