BitDefender Client Professional Plus scan job settings format string
| bitdefender-scanjob-format-string (31608) |  Medium Risk |
Description:
BitDefender Client Professional Plus could allow a local attacker to cause a denial of service, caused by a format string vulnerability in the scanning settings. By using a specially-crafted scan job to pass malicious format specifiers to the job settings, a local attacker could exploit this vulnerability to read arbitrary data or cause a denial of service.
Platforms Affected:
- BitDefender, BitDefender Client Professional Plus Build 8.02 & prior
Remedy:
BitDefender has issued a fix which is included in the regular automatic update, available to all BitDefender users.
Consequences:
Denial of Service
References:
- BitDefender KB Article 325, Format string vulnerability at http://www.bitdefender.com/KB325-en--Format-string-vulnerability.html.
- Full-Disclosure Mailing List, Thu Jan 18 2007 - 22:32:09 CST, Layered Defense Research Advisory: BitDefender Client 8.02 Format String Vulnerability at http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/fulldisclosure/2007-01/0373.html.
- BID-22128: BitDefender Client Professional Plus Settings Local Format String Vulnerability
- CVE-2007-0391: Format string vulnerability in the log creation functionality of BitDefender Client Professional Plus 8.02 allows attackers to execute arbitrary code via certain scan job settings.
- VUPEN/ADV-2007-0253: BitDefender Client Professional Plus Settings Handling Local Format String Vulnerability
Reported:
Jan 19, 2007
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