Title : Kaspersky Anti-Virus CHM File Handling Buffer Overflow Vulnerability VUPEN ID : VUPEN/ADV-2005-2027 CVE ID : CVE-2005-3663
Rated as : Critical
Remotely Exploitable : Yes Locally Exploitable : Yes Release Date : 2005-10-10
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 or cause a denial of service. This flaw is due to a heap overflow error in the CHM file format parser that does not properly handle malformed files, which could be exploited by attackers to execute arbitrary commands and compromise a vulnerable system (e.g. by sending an email containing a malicious CHM file).
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