CRITICAL:
Less critical
IMPACT:
Security Bypass
WHERE:
Local system
SOFTWARE:
Norton AntiVirus 2002
DESCRIPTION:
Bipin Gautam has reported a security issue in Norton AntiVirus 2002,
which may result in malware being executed undetected.
An error in the Auto-Protect engine reportedly allows malware to be
executed undetected on a system under some circumstances. This can be
exploited by placing a malicious file in a nested sub-folder.
A bug was also reported, which may crash the front-end ("NAVW32.exe")
when performing a manual scan of a file or folder with a name
containing an ASCII control character. This doesn't affect the
Auto-Protect engine.
SOLUTION:
Grant only trusted users access to affected systems.
PROVIDED AND/OR DISCOVERED BY:
Bipin Gautam
http://secunia.com/advisories/11046/

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