CA eTrust Antivirus WebScan up to 1.1.0.1047 memory corruption

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability identified as critical has been detected in CA eTrust Antivirus WebScan up to 1.1.0.1047. Affected is an unknown function. Performing a manipulation results in memory corruption. This vulnerability is known as CVE-2006-3977. No exploit is available. You should upgrade the affected component.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability classified as critical has been found in CA eTrust Antivirus WebScan up to 1.1.0.1047 (Anti-Malware Software). This affects some unknown functionality. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a memory corruption vulnerability. CWE is classifying the issue as 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. This is going to have an impact on confidentiality, integrity, and availability. The summary by CVE is:

Unspecified vulnerability in CA eTrust Antivirus WebScan before 1.1.0.1048 has unknown impact and remote attackers related to "improper processing of outdated WebScan components."

The bug was discovered 08/03/2006. The weakness was published 08/04/2006 by Matt Murphy (Website). It is possible to read the advisory at secunia.com. This vulnerability is uniquely identified as CVE-2006-3977 since 08/04/2006. 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.

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 (28230), Tenable (22160), SecurityFocus (BID 19351†), OSVDB (27786†) and Secunia (SA21320†). Similar entries are available at VDB-31634, VDB-31633 and VDB-31561. Statistical analysis made it clear that VulDB provides the best quality for vulnerability data.

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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: Matt Murphy
Status: Confirmed
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CVE: CVE-2006-3977 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2006-3977
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-31635
X-Force: 28230
SecurityFocus: 19351 - CA eTrust Antivirus WebScan Remote Buffer Overflow Vulnerability
Secunia: 21320 - CA eTrust Antivirus WebScan ActiveX Control Multiple Vulnerabilities, Highly Critical
OSVDB: 27786 - CVE-2006-3977 - CA - eTrust Antivirus WebScan - Unspecified Issue
SecurityTracker: 1016637
Vulnerability Center: 12430 - CA eTrust Antivirus WebScan \, Critical
Vupen: ADV-2006-3166

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Entryinfo

Created: 03/12/2015 14:25
Updated: 06/21/2025 20:45
Changes: 03/12/2015 14:25 (76), 06/23/2019 20:41 (6), 06/21/2025 20:45 (17)
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