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Kaspersky Anti-Virus CAB Archive Handling Buffer Overflow
Secunia Advisory: SA17024
Release Date: 2005-10-04
Last Update: 2005-10-10
Popularity: 14,437 views

Critical:
Highly critical
Impact: System access
Where: From remote
Solution Status: Vendor Patch

Software:Kaspersky Anti-Virus 5.x
Kaspersky Personal Security Suite 1.x

Secunia CVSS-2 Score: Available in Secunia business solutions

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Description:
Alex Wheeler has reported a vulnerability in Kaspersky Anti-Virus, which can be exploited by malicious people to compromise a vulnerable system.

The vulnerability is caused due to a boundary error in "cab.ppl" when processing malformed CAB archives. This can be exploited to cause a heap-based buffer overflow and allows arbitrary code execution when a malicious CAB archive is scanned.

The vulnerability has been reported in the following versions:
* Kaspersky Anti-Virus Personal 5.0
* Kaspersky Anti-Virus Personal Pro 5.0
* Kaspersky Anti-Virus 5.0 for Windows Workstations
* Kaspersky Anti-Virus 5.0 for Windows File Servers
* Kaspersky Personal Security Suite 1.1

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