This is a multi-part message in MIME format. --------------357942BA9FCB7340391D36AB Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Worldsecure uses anonymous ftp to transfer their virus patterns automatically from their site download.worldtalk.com to the Worldsecure server. Obviously Worldtalk does __NOT__ check any signatures after the file has been downloaded and integrates them into the antivirus engine of the WorldSecure/Mail server. There are two scenarios: 1) if anyone gets access to the pattern files on download.worldtalk.com and replaces them with a modified version : a) he can transport any file named *.dat to the users worldsecure server (the server transports everything called *.dat that is embeded inside the dat-xxxx.zip residing on the ftp server to a directory under Worldtalk called after the pattern revision. All you have to do is to find the actual revision number of mcafees dat-files, add one and place a new dat on the ftp server. By doing this you reach __ANY__ WS/Mail-server with enabled autoupdate feature! b) by replacing scan.dat with any file which is not a virus pattern the virus engine will be unable to scan for any viruses any more... By the way wherent there some exploits against MS FTP Service 4.0 !?! :-( 2) if anyone gets access to the local registry of a worldsecure/Mail server he can modify the download site from where worldtalk retrieves its updates. He can then acomplish the same thing as before. (only on the smaller scope of one server) The big problem is that the Worldsecure/Mail server uses any file as virus pattern and actually scans with this modified file (I tried wincmd.exe !!! renamed as scan.dat) without producing any warnings or log entries. The administrator has only a chance to smell the mess when he restarts the server because then the virus engine will not initialize. Worldtalk has been informed about this scenarios and admits that there is a problem which will be solved in a future release of Worldsecure/Mail. -- Andreas Kuechler \|/ (@ @) ------------------------oOO--(_)--OOo------------------------- ``` ´´´ Leiter Netzwerke und Service Giegerich & Partner GmbH Daimlerstrasse 1H +49 6103 5881 71 Voice 63303 Dreieich +49 6103 5881 79 Fax Germany http://www.giepa.de andreas.kuechlerat_private ============================================================== Fingerprint 7DCE 2A53 CB6E 6DF9 CA20 B65B 0FE1 915A 2069 15BD --------------357942BA9FCB7340391D36AB Content-Type: text/x-vcard; charset=us-ascii; name="andreas.kuechler.vcf" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Description: Card for Andreas Küchler Content-Disposition: attachment; filename="andreas.kuechler.vcf" begin:vcard n:Küchler;Andreas tel;fax:+49 6103 5881 79 tel;work:+49 6103 5881 71 x-mozilla-html:FALSE url:http://www.giepa.de org:Giegerich & Partner GmbH adr:;;Daimlerstrasse 1h;Dreieich;Hessen;63303;Germany version:2.1 email;internet:Andreas.Kuechlerat_private title:Leiter Netzwerke und Service note:http://www.giepa.de x-mozilla-cpt:;-5808 fn:Andreas Küchler end:vcard --------------357942BA9FCB7340391D36AB--
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