Kaspersky Anti-Virus 4.50/5.0.5/5.0.227 heap-based overflow

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability was found in Kaspersky Anti-Virus 4.50/5.0.5/5.0.227. It has been classified as critical. Impacted is an unknown function. Performing a manipulation results in heap-based overflow. This vulnerability is known as CVE-2005-3664. No exploit is available.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability classified as critical has been found in Kaspersky Anti-Virus 4.50/5.0.5/5.0.227 (Anti-Malware Software). This affects an unknown code block. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a heap-based overflow vulnerability. CWE is classifying the issue as CWE-122. A heap overflow condition is a buffer overflow, where the buffer that can be overwritten is allocated in the heap portion of memory, generally meaning that the buffer was allocated using a routine such as malloc(). This is going to have an impact on confidentiality, integrity, and availability. The summary by CVE is:

Heap-based buffer overflow in Kaspersky Anti-Virus Engine, as used in Kaspersky Personal 5.0.227, Anti-Virus On-Demand Scanner for Linux 5.0.5, and F-Secure Anti-Virus for Linux 4.50 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a crafted CHM file.

The bug was discovered 06/20/2005. The weakness was published 10/10/2005 (Website). It is possible to read the advisory at archives.neohapsis.com. This vulnerability is uniquely identified as CVE-2005-3664 since 11/18/2005. The exploitability is told to be easy. 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. The pricing for an exploit might be around USD $5k-$25k at the moment (estimation calculated on 06/11/2019).

The vulnerability was handled as a non-public zero-day exploit for at least 112 days. During that time the estimated underground price was around $25k-$100k.

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

The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at X-Force (22564), SecurityFocus (BID 15054†), OSVDB (19912†), Secunia (SA17130†) and Vulnerability Center (SBV-9793†). Similar entry is available at VDB-82909. Statistical analysis made it clear that VulDB provides the best quality for vulnerability data.

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VulDB Meta Temp Score: 7.3

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Class: Heap-based overflow
CWE: CWE-122 / CWE-119
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Remote: Yes

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10/10/2005 +112 days 🔍
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11/18/2005 +37 days 🔍
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12/01/2005 +13 days 🔍
03/11/2015 +3387 days 🔍
06/11/2019 +1553 days 🔍

Sourcesinfo

Vendor: kaspersky.com

Advisory: archives.neohapsis.com
Status: Not defined

CVE: CVE-2005-3664 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2005-3664
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-26955
X-Force: 22564
SecurityFocus: 15054 - Kaspersky Anti-Virus Engine CHM File Parser Remote Buffer Overflow Vulnerability
Secunia: 17130 - Kaspersky Anti-Virus Engine CHM File Parsing Buffer Overflow, Highly Critical
OSVDB: 19912 - Kaspersky Anti-Virus Engine CHM File Parsing Overflow
Vulnerability Center: 9793 - Buffer Overflow in Kaspersky Anti-Virus Engine via Crafted CHM Files, Medium

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Entryinfo

Created: 03/11/2015 23:39
Updated: 06/11/2019 22:59
Changes: 03/11/2015 23:39 (59), 06/11/2019 22:59 (8)
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Cache ID: 216::103

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