>> BitDefender Antivirus Filename Handling Format String Vulnerability
Title : BitDefender Antivirus Filename Handling Format String Vulnerability VUPEN ID : VUPEN/ADV-2005-1937 CVE ID : CVE-2005-3154 CWE ID : CWE-
Rated as : Critical
Remotely Exploitable : Yes Locally Exploitable : Yes Release Date : 2005-10-04
Technical Description
A vulnerability has been identified in various BitDefender Antivirus products, which may be exploited by remote attackers or malware to execute arbitrary code. This flaw is due to a format string error in the "Create report file" feature that does not properly handle a specially crafted directory or file containing format string specifiers in its name, which could be exploited by remote attackers to compromise a vulnerable system via a malicious file.
BitDefender products were updated automatically through the regular update function.
Fixes for BitDefender 7.x, BitDefender 8.x and BitDefender 9 Internet Security were released September 26 2005.
Fixes for BitDefender 9 Professional Plus and BitDefender 9 Standard were released October 4, 2005. References
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