FW: [Full-Disclosure] JPEG AV Detection

["Todd Towles" <toddtowles@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

 What exactly are the AV products detecting in the JPEG exploits? Barry
and I was talking about how impressed we were that the AV companies
jumped on this one and detection was pretty fast. But is the detection
so generic that a variant will bypass? Is the detection based on a
original exploit that could be modified in a way that makes it
"undetectable" right now?

-Todd

-----Original Message-----
From: Barry Fitzgerald [mailto:bkfsec@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx] 
Sent: Tuesday, September 28, 2004 1:55 PM
To: Todd Towles
Subject: Re: [Full-Disclosure] Re: Full-Disclosure digest, Vol 1 #1933 -
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Todd Towles wrote:

>Yep, really surprised. Just hopefully the invalid data that is being 
>detected can't be changed or worked in a work that would bypass normal 
>detection. Once the file is renamed to a BMP or a GIF, you confuse the 
>whole thing even more.
>
>Are the AV products hitting on a part of the original exploit? Can this

>part be changed in a future version to make it "undetectable". I am 
>very impressed at the work of the AV companines on this one, but I also

>know that is this detection is too simple, that it will be bypassed.
>
>  
>
I'm not sure what they're specifically detecting.  This may be a good
question for the list.

             -Barry

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