CA eTrust EZ Armor up to r2.4.4 Vet Antivirus Engine VetE.dll OLE Stream memory corruption
CVSS Meta Temp Score | Current Exploit Price (≈) | CTI Interest Score |
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A vulnerability has been found in CA eTrust EZ Armor up to r2.4.4 and classified as critical. Affected by this vulnerability is some 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. The CWE definition for the vulnerability is 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. As an impact it is known to affect confidentiality, integrity, and availability.
The bug was discovered 05/23/2005. The weakness was disclosed 05/22/2005 by Alex Wheeler with rem0te.com (Website). It is possible to read the advisory 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). The entries 1502, 1503, 1504 and 1505 are pretty similar.
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CPE 2.3
CPE 2.2
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VulDB Meta Base Score: 7.3VulDB Meta Temp Score: 6.6
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Class: Memory corruptionCWE: CWE-119
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Remote: Yes
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Status: Proof-of-Concept
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Nessus ID: 20174
Nessus Name: CA Vet Scan Engine < 11.9.1 Library Remote Heap Overflow
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Recommended: UpgradeStatus: 🔍
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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
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Entry
Created: 06/01/2005 14:41Updated: 03/11/2021 12:13
Changes: 06/01/2005 14:41 (75), 07/03/2019 09:55 (9), 03/11/2021 12:13 (2)
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