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A vulnerability was found in CA eTrust Antivirus up to r7.1 (Anti-Malware Software). It has been declared as critical. Affected by this vulnerability is an unknown part in the library VetE.dll of the component Vet Antivirus Engine. The manipulation as part of a OLE Stream leads to a integer coercion vulnerability. The CWE definition for the vulnerability is CWE-192. Integer coercion refers to a set of flaws pertaining to the type casting, extension, or truncation of primitive data types. As an impact it is known to affect confidentiality, integrity, and availability. The summary by CVE is:

Integer overflow in Computer Associates Vet Antivirus library, as used by CA InoculateIT 6.0, eTrust Antivirus r6.0 through 7.1, eTrust Antivirus for the Gateway r7.0 and r7.1, eTrust Secure Content Manager, eTrust Intrusion Detection, BrightStor ARCserve Backup (BAB) r11.1, Vet Antivirus, Zonelabs ZoneAlarm Security Suite, and ZoneAlarm Antivirus, allows remote attackers to gain privileges via a compressed VBA directory with a project name length of -1, which leads to a heap-based buffer overflow.

The bug was discovered 05/23/2005. The weakness was released 05/22/2005 by Alex Wheeler with rem0te.com (Website). The advisory is shared at rem0te.com. This vulnerability is known as CVE-2005-1693 since 05/24/2005. The attack can be launched remotely. The exploitation doesn't need any form of authentication. Technical details and also a exploit are known.

It is possible to download the exploit at rem0te.com. It is declared as proof-of-concept. We expect the 0-day to have been worth approximately $5k-$25k. The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 20174 (CA Vet Scan Engine < 11.9.1 Library Remote Heap Overflow), which helps to determine the existence of the flaw in a target environment. It is assigned to the family Windows and running in the context l.

Upgrading eliminates this vulnerability. Applying a patch is able to eliminate this problem. The bugfix is ready for download at ca.com. The best possible mitigation is suggested to be upgrading to the latest version.

The vulnerability is also documented in the vulnerability database at Tenable (20174).

Productinfo

Type

• Anti-Malware Software

Vendor

• CA

Name

• eTrust Antivirus

Version

• r7.0
• r7.1

License

• commercial

CPE 2.3info

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CPE 2.2info

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CVSSv4info

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CVSSv3info

VulDB Meta Base Score: 7.3
VulDB Meta Temp Score: 6.6

VulDB Base Score: 7.3
VulDB Temp Score: 6.6
VulDB Vector: 🔍
VulDB Reliability: 🔍

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Exploitinginfo

Class: Integer coercion
CWE: CWE-192 / CWE-189
CAPEC: 🔍
ATT&CK: 🔍

Local: No
Remote: Yes

Availability: 🔍
Status: Proof-of-Concept
Download: 🔍

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Nessus ID: 20174
Nessus Name: CA Vet Scan Engine < 11.9.1 Library Remote Heap Overflow
Nessus File: 🔍
Nessus Risk: 🔍
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Threat Intelligenceinfo

Interest: 🔍
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Countermeasuresinfo

Recommended: Upgrade
Status: 🔍

0-Day Time: 🔍

Patch: ca.com

Timelineinfo

05/22/2005 🔍
05/23/2005 +1 days 🔍
05/23/2005 +0 days 🔍
05/24/2005 +1 days 🔍
05/24/2005 +0 days 🔍
05/24/2005 +0 days 🔍
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05/25/2005 +0 days 🔍
06/01/2005 +7 days 🔍
11/09/2005 +161 days 🔍
07/03/2019 +4984 days 🔍

Sourcesinfo

Vendor: ca.com

Advisory: rem0te.com
Researcher: Alex Wheeler
Organization: rem0te.com
Status: Confirmed
Confirmation: 🔍

CVE: CVE-2005-1693 (🔍)
SecurityTracker: 1014050
SecurityFocus: 13710 - Computer Associates Vet Library Remote Heap Overflow Vulnerability
Secunia: 15479 - Zonelabs ZoneAlarm Vet Antivirus Engine Buffer Overflow, Highly Critical
OSVDB: 16780 - CA Multiple Products Vet Engine OLE Stream Remote Overflow

Entryinfo

Created: 06/01/2005 14:41
Updated: 07/03/2019 09:43
Changes: 06/01/2005 14:41 (81), 07/03/2019 09:43 (7)
Complete: 🔍
Cache ID: 3:4CF:103

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