VDB-26571 · CVE-2005-3217 · GCVE-0-2005-3217

Symantec Antivirus Scan Engine Remote Code Execution

CVSS Meta Temp Score CVSS is a standardized scoring system to determine possibilities of attacks. The Temp Score considers temporal factors like disclosure, exploit and countermeasures. The unique Meta Score calculates the average score of different sources to provide a normalized scoring system.	Current Exploit Price (≈) Our analysts are monitoring exploit markets and are in contact with vulnerability brokers. The range indicates the observed or calculated exploit price to be seen on exploit markets. A good indicator to understand the monetary effort required for and the popularity of an attack.	CTI Interest Score Our Cyber Threat Intelligence team is monitoring different web sites, mailing lists, exploit markets and social media networks. The CTI Interest Score identifies the interest of attackers and the security community for this specific vulnerability in real-time. A high score indicates an elevated risk to be targeted for this vulnerability.
5.6	$0-$5k	0.00

Summaryinfo

A vulnerability classified as critical has been found in Symantec Antivirus Scan Engine. The affected element is an unknown function. Performing a manipulation results in Remote Code Execution. This vulnerability is identified as CVE-2005-3217. There is not any exploit available.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability, which was classified as critical, was found in Symantec Antivirus Scan Engine (Anti-Malware Software) (version now known). This affects some unknown processing. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a remote code execution vulnerability. This is going to have an impact on confidentiality, integrity, and availability. The summary by CVE is:

Multiple interpretation error in unspecified versions of Symantec Antivirus allows remote attackers to bypass virus detection via a malicious executable in a specially crafted RAR file with malformed central and local headers, which can still be opened by products such as Winrar and PowerZip, even though they are rejected as corrupted by Winzip and BitZipper.

The weakness was released 10/14/2005 (Website). It is possible to read the advisory at shadock.net. This vulnerability is uniquely identified as CVE-2005-3217 since 10/14/2005. The exploitability is told to be difficult. It is possible to initiate the attack remotely. No form of authentication is needed for exploitation. The technical details are unknown and an exploit is not publicly available.

There is no information about possible countermeasures known. It may be suggested to replace the affected object with an alternative product.

Entries connected to this vulnerability are available at VDB-26589, VDB-26588, VDB-26587 and VDB-26586. Statistical analysis made it clear that VulDB provides the best quality for vulnerability data.

Productinfo

Type

Anti-Malware Software

Vendor

Symantec

Name

Antivirus Scan Engine

License

commercial

Website

Vendor: https://www.symantec.com/

CPE 2.3info

🔍

CPE 2.2info

🔍

CVSSv4info

VulDB Vector: 🔍
VulDB Reliability: 🔍

CVSSv3info

VulDB Meta Base Score: 5.6
VulDB Meta Temp Score: 5.6

VulDB Base Score: 5.6
VulDB Temp Score: 5.6
VulDB Vector: 🔍
VulDB Reliability: 🔍

CVSSv2info

AV	AC	Au	C	I	A
💳	💳	💳	💳	💳	💳
💳	💳	💳	💳	💳	💳
💳	💳	💳	💳	💳	💳

Vector	Complexity	Authentication	Confidentiality	Integrity	Availability
Unlock	Unlock	Unlock	Unlock	Unlock	Unlock
Unlock	Unlock	Unlock	Unlock	Unlock	Unlock
Unlock	Unlock	Unlock	Unlock	Unlock	Unlock

VulDB Base Score: 🔍
VulDB Temp Score: 🔍
VulDB Reliability: 🔍

NVD Base Score: 🔍

Exploitinginfo

Class: Remote Code Execution
CWE: Unknown
CAPEC: 🔍
ATT&CK: 🔍

Physical: No
Local: No
Remote: Yes

Availability: 🔍
Status: Not defined

EPSS Score: 🔍
EPSS Percentile: 🔍

Price Prediction: 🔍
Current Price Estimation: 🔍

0-Day	Unlock	Unlock	Unlock	Unlock
Today	Unlock	Unlock	Unlock	Unlock

Threat Intelligenceinfo

Interest: 🔍
Active Actors: 🔍
Active APT Groups: 🔍

Countermeasuresinfo

Recommended: no mitigation known
Status: 🔍

0-Day Time: 🔍

Timelineinfo

10/14/2005 🔍
10/14/2005 +0 days 🔍
10/14/2005 +0 days 🔍
03/11/2015 +3435 days 🔍
07/28/2017 +870 days 🔍

Sourcesinfo

Vendor: symantec.com

Advisory: shadock.net
Status: Not defined

CVE: CVE-2005-3217 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2005-3217
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-26571
See also: 🔍

Entryinfo

Created: 03/11/2015 23:39
Updated: 07/28/2017 10:25
Changes: 03/11/2015 23:39 (43), 07/28/2017 10:25 (1)
Complete: 🔍
Cache ID: 216::103

Statistical analysis made it clear that VulDB provides the best quality for vulnerability data.