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PCWorks: NOD32 Privilege Escalation Vulnerabilities
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2006-04-05 15:09:49
TITLE:
NOD32 Privilege Escalation Vulnerabilities

SECUNIA ADVISORY ID:
SA19054

VERIFY ADVISORY:
http://secunia.c
om/advisories/19054/

CRITICAL:
Less critical

IMPACT:
Privilege escalation

WHERE:
Local system

SOFTWARE:
NOD32 for Windows NT/2000/XP/2003 2.x
http://secunia.com/p
roduct/1066/

DESCRIPTION:
Two vulnerabilities have been reported in NOD32, which can
be
exploited by malicious, local users to gain escalated 
privileges.

1) The NOD32 GUI (nod32.exe) runs with SYSTEM privileges
when a
scheduled on-demand scan is being run by the scheduler. This

can be
exploited to invoke cmd.exe with SYSTEM privileges when a 
scheduled
scan is running.

The vulnerability has been confirmed in version 2.5 for
WinNT/2k/XP/2003 (nod32krn.exe/nod32.exe 2.51.20.0). Other 
versions
may also be affected.

2) The program doesn't drop its SYSTEM privileges before 
allowing a
user to use the "Restore to..." feature to
restore a 
quarantined
file. This can be exploited to write a file to an arbitrary 
directory
with SYSTEM privileges if a file with the given filename 
doesn't
already exist.

SOLUTION:
Update to version 2.51.26 or later.

ORIGINAL ADVISORY:
Secunia Research:
http://s
ecunia.com/secunia_research/2006-17/
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