CVE-2020-9342 Security feature bypass in n/a

Medium 5.5 Published Updated

Attackers can bypass virus detection in F-Secure products by crafting specific GZIP archive data, allowing malicious files to evade scanning.

Exploited in the wild
Not known
Login needed
Not needed
Attackable
Local or same network only
Victim action needed
A user has to click or open something
Fix
None listed

What is CVE-2020-9342?

CVE-2020-9342 is a medium-severity vulnerability in n/a, published on 22 Feb 2020. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, and only if a user opens a file or follows a link.

Official description

The F-Secure AV parsing engine before 2020-02-05 allows virus-detection bypass via crafted Compression Method data in a GZIP archive. This affects versions before 17.0.605.474 (on Linux) of Cloud Protection For Salesforce, Email and Server Security, and Internet GateKeeper.

Weakness: CWE-436

Which versions are affected by CVE-2020-9342?

It affects 3 products.

Products include F-Secure Cloud Protection for Salesforce, F-Secure Email and Server Security, F-Secure Internet Gatekeeper.

How do I fix CVE-2020-9342?

No fix has been published for CVE-2020-9342 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

Is CVE-2020-9342 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2020-9342 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Sources

Also known as GHSA-3g4g-934h-pjq7.

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