Anti VirusApplication · F Secure

CVE-2009-1782

MEDIUM · 6.8 CVSS v2.0 Published 2009-05-22
Fix available
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77/100
Remediation priority · High
Remotely reachable No privileges Zero-click Patch available

Official description Straight from the sourceThe vendor's or NVD's own wording, published unedited. Authoritative, but often terse — it says what broke, rarely what to do.

NVD · unedited
Multiple F-Secure anti-virus products, including Anti-Virus for Microsoft Exchange 7.10 and earlier; Internet Gatekeeper for Windows 6.61 and earlier, Windows 6.61 and earlier, and Linux 2.16 and earlier; Internet Security 2009 and earlier, Anti-Virus 2009 and earlier, Client Security 8.0 and earlier, and others; allow remote attackers to bypass malware detection via a crafted (1) ZIP and (2) RAR archive.

Technical summary Written by usOur analysis, written from the advisory, the CVSS vector and the affected-version data. It adds context the advisory leaves out, and never invents facts that are not in the source.

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Affected products & versions What the vendor confirmedThe version ranges the vendor confirmed as vulnerable. If your version sits inside a range here, treat yourself as exposed until you have upgraded.

NVD · CPE data
Anti VirusApplication
Affected:<= 4.65<= 5.54<= 5.61<= 6.62<= 7.00<= 7.0<= 7.10<= 8.00<= 8.0<= 2009
Client SecurityApplication
Affected:<= 8.0
Home Server SecurityApplication
Affected:<= 2009
Internet GatekeeperApplication
Affected:<= 2.16<= 3.01<= 6.61
Internet SecurityApplication
Affected:<= 2009
Linux SecurityApplication
Affected:<= 7.01<= 7.02

CVSS breakdown How the score is builtThe industry scoring standard. It rates how the flaw is reached, what it takes to exploit, and what an attacker gains — the score is derived from those, not the other way round.

From the vector
Attack vector
Network
Complexity
M
Authentication
None
Confidentiality
Partial
Integrity
Partial
Availability
Partial

AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

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From vendor data
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