CA eTrust Antivirus up to r7.0.5 Vet Antivirus Engine VetE.dll OLE Stream memory corruption

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability categorized as critical has been discovered in CA eTrust Antivirus up to r7.0.5. Affected is an unknown function in the library VetE.dll of the component Vet Antivirus Engine. The manipulation as part of OLE Stream results in memory corruption. This vulnerability is identified as CVE-2005-1693. The attack can be executed remotely. Additionally, an exploit exists. It is advisable to upgrade the affected component.

Detailsinfo

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. The commercial vulnerability scanner Qualys is able to test this issue with plugin 38445 (CA (Computer Associates) Vet Library Remote Heap Overflow Vulnerability).

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 databases at Tenable (20174), SecurityFocus (BID 13710†), OSVDB (16780†), Secunia (SA15470†) and SecurityTracker (ID 1014050†). Entries connected to this vulnerability are available at VDB-1507, VDB-1502, VDB-1503 and VDB-1504. If you want to get best quality of vulnerability data, you may have to visit VulDB.

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

VulDB Base Score: 7.3
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Class: Memory corruption
CWE: CWE-119
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Physical: No
Local: No
Remote: Yes

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Access: Public
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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Countermeasuresinfo

Recommended: Upgrade
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Patch: ca.com

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Sourcesinfo

Vendor: ca.com

Advisory: rem0te.com
Researcher: Alex Wheeler
Organization: rem0te.com
Status: Confirmed
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CVE: CVE-2005-1693 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2005-1693
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-1506
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
SecurityTracker: 1014050
Vulnerability Center: 8126

scip Labs: https://www.scip.ch/en/?labs.20161013
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Entryinfo

Created: 06/01/2005 14:41
Updated: 07/02/2025 14:43
Changes: 06/01/2005 14:41 (76), 07/03/2019 09:42 (9), 03/11/2021 12:09 (2), 06/14/2024 08:14 (16), 07/02/2025 14:43 (4)
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