Trend Micro OfficeScan up to 7.3 RAR Archive Header resource management

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability classified as problematic was found in Trend Micro OfficeScan up to 7.3. This affects an unknown part of the component RAR Archive Header Handler. The manipulation results in resource management. This vulnerability is known as CVE-2006-5645. Furthermore, an exploit is available. A patch should be applied to remediate this issue.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability, which was classified as critical, was found in Trend Micro OfficeScan up to 7.3 (Anti-Malware Software). Affected is an unknown function of the component RAR Archive Header Handler. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a resource management vulnerability. CWE is classifying the issue as CWE-399. This is going to have an impact on availability. CVE summarizes:

Sophos Anti-Virus and Endpoint Security before 6.0.5, Anti-Virus for Linux before 5.0.10, and other platforms before 4.11, when "Enabled scanning of archives" is set, allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (infinite loop) via a malformed RAR archive with an Archive Header section with the head_size and pack_size fields set to zero.

The weakness was published 12/11/2006 by Titon, Damian Put and eine anonyme Person with iDEFENSE (Website). The advisory is available at labs.idefense.com. This vulnerability is traded as CVE-2006-5645 since 11/01/2006. It is possible to launch the attack remotely. The exploitation doesn't require any form of authentication. Technical details are unknown but a public exploit is available.

The exploit is shared for download at securityfocus.com. It is declared as proof-of-concept.

Applying a patch is able to eliminate this problem. The bugfix is ready for download at sophos.com.

The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at Exploit-DB (2912), SecurityFocus (BID 20816†), Secunia (SA23321†) and SecurityTracker (ID 1017132†). Similar entries are available at VDB-2642, VDB-2641, VDB-2644 and VDB-2643. If you want to get best quality of vulnerability data, you may have to visit VulDB.

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VulDB Meta Base Score: 7.5
VulDB Meta Temp Score: 6.7

VulDB Base Score: 7.5
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Class: Resource management
CWE: CWE-399 / CWE-404
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Physical: No
Local: No
Remote: Yes

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Access: Public
Status: Proof-of-Concept
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Countermeasuresinfo

Recommended: Patch
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Patch: sophos.com

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10/30/2006 🔍
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11/01/2006 +2 days 🔍
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Sourcesinfo

Vendor: trendmicro.com

Advisory: labs.idefense.com⛔
Researcher: Titon, Damian Put, eine anonyme Person
Organization: iDEFENSE
Status: Confirmed
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CVE: CVE-2006-5645 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2006-5645
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-2730
SecurityFocus: 20816 - Sophos Antivirus Multiple Denial of Service and Memory Corruption Vulnerabilities
Secunia: 23321 - Trend Micro Products RAR Processing Denial Of Service, Moderately Critical
SecurityTracker: 1017132
Vupen: ADV-2006-4239

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

Created: 12/14/2006 13:22
Updated: 04/26/2026 02:07
Changes: 12/14/2006 13:22 (70), 04/22/2018 13:11 (8), 04/19/2025 19:46 (17), 04/26/2026 02:07 (1)
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Cache ID: 216::103

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