Title : Kaspersky Anti-Virus Products Remote Heap Overflow Vulnerability VUPEN ID : VUPEN/ADV-2005-1934 CVE ID : CVE-2005-3142 CWE ID : CWE-
Rated as : Critical
Remotely Exploitable : Yes Locally Exploitable : Yes Release Date : 2005-10-03
Technical Description
A vulnerability has been identified in various Kaspersky Anti-Virus products, which could be exploited by attackers or malware to execute arbitrary commands. This flaw is due to a heap overflow error in the CAB file format parser (cab.ppl) that does not properly handle a specially crafted file containing a malformed header, which could be exploited by attackers to execute arbitrary commands and compromise a vulnerable system (e.g. by sending an email containing a malicious CAB file).
The issue has been reported in version 5.0.20.0 of the CAB scanning library (cab.ppl). Other versions may also be vulnerable.
ChangeLog 2005-10-03 : Initial release
2005-10-04 : Updated Affected Products, Solution and References
2005-10-05 : Patches available Vulnerability Management
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