Title : CA Products Anti-Virus Engine CAB File Handling Remote Code Execution Vulnerabilities VUPEN ID : VUPEN/ADV-2007-2072 CVE ID : CVE-2007-2863 - CVE-2007-2864
Rated as : Critical
Remotely Exploitable : Yes Locally Exploitable : Yes Release Date : 2007-06-06
Technical Description
Two vulnerabilities have been identified in various CA products, which could be exploited by attackers or malware to take complete control of an affected system or cause a denial of service.
The first issue is caused by a stack overflow error in the Anti-Virus engine when processing a CAB file containing an overly long file name, which could be exploited by attackers crash an affected application or execute arbitrary code.
The second vulnerability is caused by a stack overflow error in the Anti-Virus engine when processing a CAB file with a specially crafted "coffFiles" field, which could be exploited by attackers crash an affected application or execute arbitrary code with elevated privileges.
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