McAfee, Inc. Provides Protection Against New Mac Os X Exploits
and Viruses
New Mac OS X Exploits Demonstrate Renewed Interest by Malware
Authoring Community in the Mac OS Platform
BEAVERTON, Ore., Feb. 23 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ McAfee, Inc. (NYSE:
MFE), the leading dedicated security technology company, today
announced that it provides protection from attacks targeting the
newly discovered Apple Mac OS X Command Execution Vulnerability and
the recent worms targeting the Mac OS X platform, including
OSX/Inqtana.a and OSX/Leap. While McAfee AVERT Labs, the
world-class research division of McAfee, Inc., has traditionally
viewed Mac threats as a non-issue and rates the worms Low-Profile
at this time, it does believe these threats demonstrate a renewed
interest by the malware authoring community in the Mac OS
platform.
The Apple Mac OS X Command Execution Vulnerability, which was
discovered February 21 by Michael Lehn, is a critical vulnerability
that exists when accessing specially crafted files. Both proof of
concept exploits and malicious exploit code are public, and a patch
is not yet available. Apple Mail and Safari have been identified as
attack vectors for this vulnerability.
Laptop Battery "Given recent activity, McAfee AVERT Labs forecasts that
attackers may attempt to test the viability of exploiting this
vulnerability en masse, by producing a reconnaissance Trojan to
identify a vulnerable user base," said Craig Schmugar, virus
research manager, McAfee AVERT Labs. "Exploit source code with a
payload has been published. Now, the message is 'welcome to
zero-day vulnerability land for many Mac OS X users' Only, Mac OS X
users are less prepared, less aware and mitigation tools are less
evolved."
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Thinkpad OSX/Inqtana.a, which was discovered February 18, is a proof of
concept worm that exploits an Apple Mac OS X Directory traversal
vulnerability in the Bluetooth file and object exchange services
(CVE-2005-1333). This worm spreads over the Bluetooth OBEX Push
service, which typically requests the user to accept a file
transfer over Bluetooth. It also exploits a directory traversal
vulnerability in Mac OS X to install and auto-start the worm on the
infected machine. Users are advised not to accept requests from
unknown devices.
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Microsoft OSX/Leap, which was discovered February 16, is an instant
messaging worm propagating via iChat on PowerPC-based machines
running Mac OS X. The worm sends itself to people on the user's
buddy list in the form of a .tgz archive and attempts to masquerade
as a jpeg image file to trick the user into executing it. OSX/Leap
requires user interaction in order to infect a machine.
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McAfee Virex for Macintosh offers protection against OSX/Inqtana.a
and OSX/Leap, and the known exploits targeting the unpatched
Command Execution vulnerability. McAfee Virex, designed for the Mac
OS X operating system provides real-time prevention of viruses,
worms, Trojans and other potentially unwanted programs across their
Macintosh and heterogeneous environments.
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More information on OSX/Inqtana.a, OSX/Leap and the cures for
these worms can be found online at vil.mcafee.com. McAfee Virex
customers have been protected from OSX/Leap since the 4698 DAT
files. Specific named detection as OSX/Inqtana.a has been available
since the 4701 DAT release of February 20. McAfee AVERT Labs
recommends all customers ensure they are running the latest DAT
release and schedule full system scans to insure an infection-free
environment.
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Execution Vulnerability, McAfee AVERT Labs advises Mac OS X users
to exercise caution when downloading
files from the web and accessing email attachments. Safari users
should uncheck the option to "Open 'safe' files after downloading"
and users should not open email attachments that they were not
expecting.
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researchers in thirteen countries on five continents. McAfee AVERT
Labs combine world-class malicious code and anti-virus research
with intrusion prevention and vulnerability research expertise from
the McAfee IntruShield, McAfee Entercept, McAfee Foundstone
Research, and McAfee Foundstone Professional Services
organizations. McAfee protects customers by providing deep analysis
and core technologies that are developed through the combined
efforts of its researchers.
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