Title : Symantec AntiVirus RAR Archive Handling Buffer Overflow Vulnerability VUPEN ID : VUPEN/ADV-2005-3003 CVE ID : CVE-2005-4438
Rated as : Critical
Remotely Exploitable : Yes Locally Exploitable : Yes Release Date : 2005-12-20
Technical Description
A critical vulnerability has been identified in various Symantec products, which may be exploited by remote attackers or malware to execute arbitrary code. This flaw is due to a heap overflow error in the "Dec2Rar.dll" library when pocessing certain length fields in the sub-block headers of RAR archives, which may be exploited by an unauthenticated remote attacker to execute arbitrary commands and take complete control of an affected system (e.g. by sending an email containing a specially crafted attachment).
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