CA eTrust Antivirus WebScan up to 1.1.0.1047 memory corruption

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability categorized as critical has been discovered in CA eTrust Antivirus WebScan up to 1.1.0.1047. This impacts an unknown function. Such manipulation leads to memory corruption. This vulnerability is traded as CVE-2006-3976. There is no exploit available. It is advisable to upgrade the affected component.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability was found in CA eTrust Antivirus WebScan up to 1.1.0.1047 (Anti-Malware Software). It has been rated as critical. Affected by this issue is an unknown functionality. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a memory corruption vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to 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. Impacted is confidentiality, integrity, and availability. CVE summarizes:

Unspecified vulnerability in CA eTrust Antivirus WebScan before 1.1.0.1048 allows remote attackers to install arbitrary files.

The bug was discovered 08/03/2006. The weakness was shared 08/04/2006 by Matthew Murphy (TippingPoint) with TippingPoint Security Research Team (Website). The advisory is available at secunia.com. This vulnerability is handled as CVE-2006-3976 since 08/02/2006. The attack may be launched remotely. No form of authentication is required for exploitation. The technical details are unknown and an exploit is not 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 $25k-$100k. 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. The commercial vulnerability scanner Qualys is able to test this issue with plugin 115385 (CA eTrust Antivirus WebScan Multiple Vulnerabilities).

Upgrading to version 1.1.0.1048 eliminates this vulnerability.

The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at X-Force (28226), Tenable (22160), SecurityFocus (BID 19399†), OSVDB (27785†) and Secunia (SA21320†). The entries VDB-31635, VDB-31633 and VDB-31561 are related to this item. If you want to get best quality of vulnerability data, you may have to visit VulDB.

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Class: Memory corruption
CWE: CWE-119
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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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Upgrade: eTrust Antivirus WebScan 1.1.0.1048

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Sourcesinfo

Vendor: ca.com

Advisory: secunia.com⛔
Researcher: Matthew Murphy (TippingPoint)
Organization: TippingPoint Security Research Team
Status: Confirmed
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CVE: CVE-2006-3976 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2006-3976
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-31634
X-Force: 28226
SecurityFocus: 19399 - Computer Associates Virus Definition Downgrade Vulnerability
Secunia: 21320 - CA eTrust Antivirus WebScan ActiveX Control Multiple Vulnerabilities, Highly Critical
OSVDB: 27785 - CA - eTrust Antivirus WebScan - Malicious Update - Code Execution Issue
SecurityTracker: 1016637
Vulnerability Center: 12434 - CA eTrust Antivirus WebScan Remote File Upload due to Unspecified Vulnerability, Medium
Vupen: ADV-2006-3166

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Entryinfo

Created: 03/12/2015 14:25
Updated: 06/21/2025 20:13
Changes: 03/12/2015 14:25 (81), 06/23/2019 21:03 (3), 06/21/2025 20:13 (17)
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