Bugtraq: Re: [Full-disclosure] Unfiltered escape sequences in filenames contained in ZIP archives wouldn't be escaped on displaying or logging, and can also lead to bypass AV scanning

[Rodrigo Barbosa <rodrigob () suespammers org>]

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On Tue, Mar 15, 2005 at 05:45:58PM +0100, Dr. Peter Bieringer wrote:
> > I STIL FIND IT happy to
> > see there are lot of AV out there that cant scan such
> > file properly to detect virus.
> The problem must be located in the unzip engine:
>
> We've created a mixed ZIP now:
>
> # unzip -l mixed-eicar.zip
> Archive:  mixed-eicar.zip
>  Length     Date   Time    Name
> --------    ----   ----    ----
>      308  03-10-05 12:00   Test^G^[[2J^[[2;5m^[[1;31mHACKER 
> ATTACK^[[2;25m^[[22;30m^[[3q.txt
>      308  03-10-05 12:00   eicarcom2.zip
> --------                   -------
>      616                   2 files
>
>
> BTW: note here that "unzip" displays the escape sequences very proper!
>
> Available here:
> <ftp://ftp.aerasec.de/pub/advisories/unfiltered-escape-sequences/mixed-eicar.zip>
>
> Some AV software detect the virus only in second part of the ZIP file, so 
> it looks like the first one is really skipped and not analysed.
F-Prot seems to detect it correctly:

VIRUS SIGNATURE FILES
SIGN.DEF created 13 March 2005
SIGN2.DEF created 13 March 2005
MACRO.DEF created 11 March 2005

Search: mixed-eicar.zip
Action: Report only
Files: "Dumb" scan of all files
Switches: -ARCHIVE -PACKED -SERVER

/home/rodrigob/tmp/mixed-eicar.zip->Test^G^[[2J^[[2;5m^[[1;31mHACKER 
ATTACK^[[2;25m^[[22;30m^[[3q.txt->eicar_c->eicar.com  Infection: EICAR_Test_File
/home/rodrigob/tmp/mixed-eicar.zip->eicarcom2.zip->eicar_com.zip->eicar.com  Infection: EICAR_Test_File

Results of virus scanning:

Files: 1
MBRs: 0
Boot sectors: 0
Objects scanned: 7
Infected: 2
Suspicious: 0
Disinfected: 0
Deleted: 0
Renamed: 0

Time: 0:00

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Rodrigo Barbosa <rodrigob () suespammers org>
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