ESET NOD32 Antivirus up to 2.2288 memory corruption

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability labeled as critical has been found in ESET NOD32 Antivirus up to 2.2288. The affected element is an unknown function. Executing a manipulation can lead to memory corruption. This vulnerability appears as CVE-2007-3970. There is no available exploit. The affected component should be upgraded.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability was found in ESET NOD32 Antivirus up to 2.2288 (Anti-Malware Software). It has been declared as critical. This vulnerability affects an unknown part. 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 integrity. CVE summarizes:

Race condition in ESET NOD32 Antivirus before 2.2289 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a crafted CAB file, which triggers heap corruption.

The bug was discovered 07/20/2007. The weakness was presented 07/20/2007 by Sergio Alvarez with n.runs AG (Website). The advisory is available at eset.com. This vulnerability was named CVE-2007-3970 since 07/25/2007. The exploitation appears to be easy. The attack can be initiated remotely. No form of authentication is required for a successful 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 25756 (NOD32 Antivirus Run-Time Decompressors Multiple 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 to version 2.2289 eliminates this vulnerability.

The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at X-Force (35526), Tenable (25756), SecurityFocus (BID 24988†), OSVDB (37976†) and Secunia (SA26124†). See VDB-37980 and VDB-37979 for similar entries. 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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Physical: No
Local: No
Remote: Yes

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Status: Proof-of-Concept

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Nessus ID: 25756
Nessus Name: NOD32 Antivirus Run-Time Decompressors Multiple Vulnerabilities
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Countermeasuresinfo

Recommended: Upgrade
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Upgrade: NOD32 Antivirus 2.2289

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Sourcesinfo

Advisory: eset.com
Researcher: Sergio Alvarez
Organization: n.runs AG
Status: Not defined
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CVE: CVE-2007-3970 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2007-3970
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-37978
X-Force: 35526
SecurityFocus: 24988 - ESET NOD32 Antivirus Multiple Remote Vulnerabilities
Secunia: 26124
OSVDB: 37976 - NOD32 Antivirus CAB File Handling Arbitrary Code Execution
Vulnerability Center: 15721 - ESET NOD32 Antivirus Race Condition Allows Remote Attacker to Execute Arbitrary Code, High
Vupen: ADV-2007-2602

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Entryinfo

Created: 03/15/2015 15:58
Updated: 07/22/2019 16:57
Changes: 03/15/2015 15:58 (77), 07/22/2019 16:57 (1)
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Cache ID: 216::103

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