CVE Catalog

CVE-2005-1693

High
Published: Translated: NVD NIST

Summary

Integer overflow vulnerability in Computer Associates Vet Antivirus library allows remote attackers to gain elevated privileges by sending a crafted compressed VBA directory with a project name length of -1, leading to a heap-based buffer overflow.

Risk Assessment

An attacker can remotely take control of the system with administrator privileges, potentially leading to data theft, malware installation, or complete compromise of IT infrastructure.

Recommendation

Immediately update all affected CA products (InoculateIT, eTrust Antivirus, eTrust Secure Content Manager, BrightStor ARCserve Backup, Vet Antivirus, ZoneAlarm) to the latest versions containing security patches.

Related vulnerabilities

Original NVD description (English source)

Integer overflow in Computer Associates Vet Antivirus library, as used by CA InoculateIT 6.0, eTrust Antivirus r6.0 through 7.1, eTrust Antivirus for the Gateway r7.0 and r7.1, eTrust Secure Content Manager, eTrust Intrusion Detection, BrightStor ARCserve Backup (BAB) r11.1, Vet Antivirus, Zonelabs ZoneAlarm Security Suite, and ZoneAlarm Antivirus, allows remote attackers to gain privileges via a compressed VBA directory with a project name length of -1, which leads to a heap-based buffer overflow.

Vulnerability data from NVD (NIST) · CISA KEV · EPSS