CA eTrust Antivirus up to r7.0.5 Vet Antivirus Engine VetE.dll OLE Stream memory corruption
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A vulnerability, which was classified as critical, was found in CA eTrust Antivirus up to r7.0.5 (Anti-Malware Software). Affected is an unknown functionality in the library VetE.dll of the component Vet Antivirus Engine. The manipulation as part of a OLE Stream leads to a memory corruption vulnerability. CWE is classifying the issue as CWE-119. The product performs operations on a memory buffer, but it can read from or write to a memory location that is outside of the intended boundary of the buffer. This is going to have an impact on confidentiality, integrity, and availability.
The bug was discovered 05/23/2005. The weakness was released 05/22/2005 by Alex Wheeler with rem0te.com (Website). The advisory is available at rem0te.com. This vulnerability is traded as CVE-2005-1693 since 05/24/2005. It is possible to launch the attack remotely. The exploitation doesn't require any form of authentication. Technical details and a exploit are known.
The exploit is shared for download at rem0te.com. It is declared as proof-of-concept. As 0-day the estimated underground price was around $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).
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Class: Memory corruptionCWE: CWE-119
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Nessus ID: 20174
Nessus Name: CA Vet Scan Engine < 11.9.1 Library Remote Heap Overflow
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Patch: ca.com
Timeline
05/22/2005 🔍05/23/2005 🔍
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Sources
Vendor: ca.comAdvisory: rem0te.com
Researcher: Alex Wheeler
Organization: rem0te.com
Status: Confirmed
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CVE: CVE-2005-1693 (🔍)
SecurityTracker: 1014050
SecurityFocus: 13710 - Computer Associates Vet Library Remote Heap Overflow Vulnerability
Secunia: 15470 - CA Multiple Products Vet Antivirus Engine Buffer Overflow, Highly Critical
OSVDB: 16780 - CA Vet Antivirus library buffer overflow
Entry
Created: 06/01/2005 14:41Updated: 03/11/2021 12:09
Changes: 06/01/2005 14:41 (76), 07/03/2019 09:42 (9), 03/11/2021 12:09 (2)
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