bugtraq - Re[2]: Multiple Vendor Unusual MIME Encoding Content Filter Bypass

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Date: Thu, 7 Dec 2006 22:00:31 +0300
From: 3APA3A <3APA3A@...URITY.NNOV.RU>
To: Tomasz Kojm <tkojm@...mav.net>
Cc: Hendrik Weimer <hendrik@...o.de>, bugtraq@...urityfocus.com,
	info@...persky.com, <info@...ecure.com>
Subject: Re[2]: Multiple Vendor Unusual MIME Encoding Content Filter Bypass

Dear Tomasz Kojm,

TK> That's _extremely_ irresponsible to disclose bugs without giving the vendors
TK> any chance to fix them and prepare new software releases.

 This  is  a  rare  case I can not agree with such statement.

 Ability  to  bypass  content  filter is not a bug before this issues is
 used in-the-wild, like ability to write undetectable virus is not a bug
 in  antivirus. It may be simply impossible to find all vendors and wait
 for all fixes.

 Ability  to  bypass  content  filter  is  a common case, especially for
 "passive" filters not changing message content. It arises from the fact
 different   client  applications  and  different  content  filters  use
 different  algorithms.  It's possible to create message with "fork": if
 you make one assumption you miss attachment for Microsoft, if another -
 you miss attachment for Mozilla. It's simply impossible to find malware
 for  all possible clients without normalization of the message. Message
 normalization may, in it's turn, break digital signatures.

 This problems and known methods of bypassing are discussed here:
 http://www.security.nnov.ru/advisories/content.asp

 I  regularly  update  this  whitepaper  with  newly discovered methods.
 Please  report  if  you  know  any content filtering bypassing method I
 missed.

--Thursday, December 7, 2006, 5:15:50 PM, you wrote to hendrik@...o.de:

>> Several e-mail virus scanners can be tricked into passing an EICAR
>> test file if the following conditions are met:
>> 
>> 1. the EICAR file is encoded in Base64 including characters not in the
>>    standard alphabet (e.g. whitespaces) and
>> 2. the part containing the EICAR file is nested within one or several
>>    levels of multipart/mixed content.
>> 
>> Details and PoC can be found at:
>> http://www.quantenblog.net/security/virus-scanner-bypass

TK> That's _extremely_ irresponsible to disclose bugs without giving the vendors
TK> any chance to fix them and prepare new software releases.

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