>> Symantec AntiVirus Scan Engine Web Service Remote Buffer Overflow
Title : Symantec AntiVirus Scan Engine Web Service Remote Buffer Overflow VUPEN ID : VUPEN/ADV-2005-1954 CVE ID : CVE-2005-2758 CWE ID : CWE-
Rated as : Critical
Remotely Exploitable : Yes Locally Exploitable : Yes Release Date : 2005-10-05
Technical Description
A vulnerability has been identified in Symantec AntiVirus Scan Engine, which could be exploited by remote attackers to execute arbitrary commands or cause a denial of service. This flaw is due to a heap overflow error in the the administrative interface that does not properly handle malformed HTTP requests (port 8004/tcp), which may be exploited by remote attackers to crash a vulnerable application or execute arbitrary commands with SYSTEM privileges.
