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TITLE:
McAfee Products PDF and TAR Handling Security Bypass

SECUNIA ADVISORY ID:
SA37179

VERIFY ADVISORY:
http://secunia.com/advisories/37179/

DESCRIPTION:
Some weaknesses have been reported in various McAfee products, which
can be exploited by malware to bypass the scanning functionality.

1) An error in the handling of TAR archives which can be exploited to
bypass the anti-virus scanning functionality via specially crafted
archive files.

2) An error in the handling of PDF files which can be exploited to
bypass the anti-virus scanning functionality via specially crafted
PDF files.

SOLUTION:
Update .DAT files to DAT 5693 or later.
http://www.mcafee.com/apps/downloads/security_updates/dat.asp

PROVIDED AND/OR DISCOVERED BY:
Thierry Zoller (G-SEC)

ORIGINAL ADVISORY:
McAfee:
https://kc.mcafee.com/corporate/index?page=content&id=SB10003

Thierry Zoller:
http://www.g-sec.lu/mcafee-pdf-bypass.html

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