[SNS Advisory No.28]InterScan VirusWall for NT remote configuration

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Date: Thu May 31 2001 - 23:41:06 PDT

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    SNS Advisory No.28
    InterScan VirusWall for NT remote configuration
    
    Problem first discovered: Thu, 24 May 2001
    Published: Thu, 31 May 2001 
    Last Updated: Thu, 31 May 2001 
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    Overview
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    	Trend Micro InterScan VirusWall for Windows NT is an antivirus
    software program and has capabilities to control remotely via pre-insalled
    CGI programs. We found a vulnerability that could allow for a malicious remote
    user to make unexpected modifications for the configuration of software.
    
    Problem
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    	InterScan VirusWall for Windows NT is a virus protection
    software for incoming and outgoing e-mail, http, ftp traffics.
    This software has a capability to set and change the configuration
    by using Web browser.
    	The interface of configuration is constructed by a sort of
    CGI programs on the Internet Information Server 4.0.
    Unfortunately, the CGI programs has no features to control the source
    of request for the modification and are not protected for malicious
    remote users when a location of program is called with any arguments.
    This may allow for a remote user to make the software change unexpectedly.
    
    Examples)
    	http://target/interscan/cgi-bin/FtpSave.dll?no
    	http://target/interscan/cgi-bin/FtpSave.dll?yes
    	http://target/interscan/cgi-bin/FtpSave.dll?I'm%20here
    
    Tested Version
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    	InterScan VirusWall for Windows NT 3.51 English
    
    Tested OS
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    	Windows NT 4.0 SP6a [English Version]
    
    Patch Information
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    	No patches are available now.
    Trend Micro support team responded that this problem will be fixed
    at Version 5.0. They reported also the patch program will be released
    in July, 2001.
    
    	Until the patch will be released, the solution is installing
    this software behind the protected network.
    (ie. use firewall, use access control features of the Web server)
    
    Discovered by
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    	Nobuo Miwa (LAC / n-miwaat_private)
    
    Disclaimer
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    All information in this advisories are subjects to change without any 
    advanced notices neither mutual consensus, and each of them is released
    as it is. LAC Co.,Ltd. are not responsible for any risks of occurrences
    caused by applying those information.
    
    References
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    Archive of this advisory:
    	http://www.lac.co.jp/security/english/snsadv_e/28_e.html
    
    Archive of former advisories:
    	http://www.lac.co.jp/security/english/snsadv_e/
    
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    Secure Net Service(SNS) Security Advisory <snsadvat_private>
    Computer Security Laboratory, LAC  http://www.lac.co.jp/security/
    



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