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Permissions, Privileges, and Access Controls

CVE-2012-1907

Medium
4.3/10

Summary

The scanner engine in PrivaWall Antivirus 5.6 and earlier does not recognize the Office XML (aka Open Document XML) file format, which allows remote attackers to bypass malware detection via a crafted file embedded in a WordML document.

  • MEDIUM
  • NETWORK
  • NONE
  • PARTIAL
  • NONE
  • NONE

CWE-264 - Permissions Privileges and Access Controls

CWE 264 (permissions, privileges, and access controls) is not a weakness in and of itself, rather it is a category of weaknesses related to the management of permissions, privileges, and other security features used to perform access control. If not addressed, the weaknesses in this category allow attackers to gain privileges for an unintended sphere of control, access sensitive information, and execute arbitrary commands.

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Advisory Timeline

  • Published