Trend Micro InterScan VirusWall HTTP 1.0 gzip content encoding protection bypass
| interscan-gzip-content-bypass (10107) |  Medium Risk |
Description:
Trend Micro InterScan VirusWall for Windows 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 1.0 gzip content encoding. A remote attacker could use this vulnerability to transfer malicious files using gzip content 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
Remedy:
No remedy available as of November 29, 2008.
Consequences:
Bypass Security
References:
- BugTraq Mailing List, Thu Sep 12 2002 - 10:13:49 CDT , Bypassing TrendMicro InterScan VirusWall at http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/bugtraq/2002-09/0130.html.
- Trend Micro Web site, Trend Micro InterScan VirusWall at http://www.trendmicro.com/products/isvw/.
- BID-5701: Trend Micro InterScan VirusWall Content-Encoding Bypass Vulnerability
- CVE-2002-2395: InterScan VirusWall 3.52 for Windows allows remote attackers to bypass virus protection and possibly execute arbitrary code via HTTP 1.1 gzip content encoding.
Reported:
Sep 12, 2002
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