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>> F-Secure Anti-Virus Client Security Management Server Field Format String Vulnerability

Title : F-Secure Anti-Virus Client Security Management Server Field Format String Vulnerability
VUPEN ID : VUPEN/ADV-2007-1055
CVE ID : CVE-2007-1557
Rated as : Moderate Risk 
Remotely Exploitable : No
Locally Exploitable : Yes
Release Date : 2007-03-21


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A vulnerability has been identified in F-Secure Anti-Virus Client Security, which could be exploited by malicious users to obtain elevated privileges. This issue is due to a format string error in the BackWeb Client when processing the Management Server address configured by a user, which could be exploited by local attackers to execute arbitrary commands with elevated privileges.

Affected Products

F-Secure Anti-Virus Client Security version 6.02
F-Secure Anti-Virus Client Security version 6.03

Solution

Apply hotfix :
http://support.f-secure.com/enu/images/hotfixes_jar.gif

References

http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/1055
http://www.layereddefense.com/F-SecureMar18.html

Credits

Vulnerability reported by Deral Heiland

ChangeLog

2007-03-21 : Initial release

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