CA Anti-Virus Enterprise up to 7 stack-based overflow

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability has been found in CA Anti-Virus Enterprise up to 7 and classified as critical. Affected by this issue is some unknown functionality. This manipulation causes stack-based overflow. The identification of this vulnerability is CVE-2007-2863. There is no exploit available. The affected component should be upgraded.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability was found in CA Anti-Virus Enterprise up to 7 (Anti-Malware Software). It has been declared as critical. Affected by this vulnerability is an unknown part. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a stack-based overflow vulnerability. The CWE definition for the vulnerability is CWE-121. A stack-based buffer overflow condition is a condition where the buffer being overwritten is allocated on the stack (i.e., is a local variable or, rarely, a parameter to a function). As an impact it is known to affect confidentiality, integrity, and availability. The summary by CVE is:

Stack-based buffer overflow in the Anti-Virus engine before content update 30.6 in multiple CA (formerly Computer Associates) products allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a long filename in a .CAB file.

The bug was discovered 11/08/2006. The weakness was shared 06/05/2007 as confirmed advisory (CERT.org). It is possible to read the advisory at kb.cert.org. This vulnerability is known as CVE-2007-2863 since 05/24/2007. The exploitation appears to be easy. The attack can be launched remotely. The exploitation doesn't need any form of authentication. 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 210 days. During that time the estimated underground price was around $25k-$100k.

Upgrading to version 8 eliminates this vulnerability. Furthermore it is possible to detect and prevent this kind of attack with TippingPoint and the filter 4874.

The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at X-Force (34741), SecurityFocus (BID 24331†), OSVDB (35244†), Secunia (SA25570†) and SecurityTracker (ID 1018199†). The entry VDB-37160 is related to this item. Be aware that VulDB is the high quality source for vulnerability data.

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VulDB Meta Temp Score: 9.0

VulDB Base Score: 10.0
VulDB Temp Score: 9.0
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Class: Stack-based overflow
CWE: CWE-121 / CWE-119
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Physical: No
Local: No
Remote: Yes

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Status: Proof-of-Concept

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Countermeasuresinfo

Recommended: Upgrade
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Upgrade: Anti-Virus Enterprise 8
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Timelineinfo

11/08/2006 🔍
02/07/2007 +91 days 🔍
05/24/2007 +106 days 🔍
06/05/2007 +12 days 🔍
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06/24/2007 +17 days 🔍
03/15/2015 +2821 days 🔍
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Sourcesinfo

Vendor: ca.com

Advisory: kb.cert.org
Status: Confirmed
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CVE: CVE-2007-2863 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2007-2863
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-37159
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X-Force: 34741
SecurityFocus: 24331 - Computer Associates Anti-Virus Engine Malformed CAB Filename Buffer Overflow Vulnerability
Secunia: 25570
OSVDB: 35244 - CA Anti-Virus Engine CAB Archive Filename Parsing Overflow
SecurityTracker: 1018199
Vulnerability Center: 15407 - Computer Associates Anti-Virus Engine Buffer Overflow Allows Code Execution via Long File Name, High
Vupen: ADV-2007-2072

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Entryinfo

Created: 03/15/2015 15:58
Updated: 01/13/2025 03:04
Changes: 03/15/2015 15:58 (74), 07/20/2019 18:30 (3), 01/13/2025 03:04 (16)
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