BitDefender 8 race condition
| bitdefender-race-condition (20254) |  Medium Risk |
Description:
BitDefender is vulnerable to a race condition. Upon Windows startup, once a file named program.exe is found on the C:\ drive, Windows sends an alert message causing the session to begin without BitDefender as the standard virus protection.
Consequences:
Other
Remedy:
No remedy available as of July 9, 2011.
References:
- BitDefender Web site: BitDefender AntiVirus.
- BugTraq Mailing List, Fri Apr 22 2005 - 22:03:10 CDT: BitDefender 8 - Race condition vulnerability.
- CVE-2005-1286: Unquoted Windows search path vulnerability in BitDefender 8 allows local users to prevent BitDefender from starting by creating a malicious C:\program.exe, possibly due to the lack of quoting of the full pathname when executing a process.
- OSVDB ID: 15818: BitDefender Path Subversion Security Bypass
- SA15076: BitDefender Insecure Program Execution Vulnerability
Platforms Affected:
- BitDefender BitDefender Professional Plus 8
- BitDefender BitDefender Standard Edition 8
- Microsoft Windows 2000 SP4
Reported:
Apr 22, 2005
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