CA eTrust Antivirus WebScan memory corruption

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability was found in CA eTrust Antivirus WebScan. It has been rated as critical. This affects an unknown function. This manipulation causes memory corruption. This vulnerability appears as CVE-2006-3975. There is no available exploit. Upgrading the affected component is advised.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability was found in CA eTrust Antivirus WebScan (Anti-Malware Software) (version unknown). It has been declared as critical. Affected by this vulnerability is an unknown function. The manipulation with an unknown input 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 summary by CVE is:

Unspecified vulnerability in CA eTrust Antivirus WebScan allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code due to "improper bounds checking when processing certain user input."

The bug was discovered 08/03/2006. The weakness was presented 08/04/2006 by Matt Murphy (Website). The advisory is shared at secunia.com. This vulnerability is known as CVE-2006-3975 since 08/02/2006. The exploitation appears to be easy. The attack can be launched remotely. The exploitation doesn't need any form of authentication. Neither technical details nor an exploit are publicly available.

It is declared as proof-of-concept. The vulnerability was handled as a non-public zero-day exploit for at least 1 days. During that time the estimated underground price was around $5k-$25k. The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 22160 (CA eTrust Antivirus WebScan ActiveX Control Vulnerabilities), 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. Furthermore it is possible to detect and prevent this kind of attack with TippingPoint and the filter 4544.

The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at X-Force (28229), Tenable (22160), SecurityFocus (BID 19351†), OSVDB (27787†) and Secunia (SA21320†). See VDB-31635, VDB-31634 and VDB-31561 for similar entries. Several companies clearly confirm that VulDB is the primary source for best vulnerability data.

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Class: Memory corruption
CWE: CWE-119
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Physical: No
Local: No
Remote: Yes

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Status: Proof-of-Concept

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Nessus ID: 22160
Nessus Name: CA eTrust Antivirus WebScan ActiveX Control Vulnerabilities
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Recommended: Upgrade
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Sourcesinfo

Vendor: ca.com

Advisory: secunia.com⛔
Researcher: Matt Murphy
Status: Confirmed
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CVE: CVE-2006-3975 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2006-3975
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-31633
X-Force: 28229
SecurityFocus: 19351 - CA eTrust Antivirus WebScan Remote Buffer Overflow Vulnerability
Secunia: 21320 - CA eTrust Antivirus WebScan ActiveX Control Multiple Vulnerabilities, Highly Critical
OSVDB: 27787 - CVE-2006-3975 - CA - eTrust Antivirus WebScan - Buffer Overflow Issue
SecurityTracker: 1016637
Vulnerability Center: 12432 - CA eTrust Antivirus WebScan \, Medium
Vupen: ADV-2006-3166

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Entryinfo

Created: 03/12/2015 14:25
Updated: 07/13/2021 07:39
Changes: 03/12/2015 14:25 (67), 06/23/2019 20:58 (13), 07/13/2021 07:39 (3)
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Cache ID: 216::103

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