OSVDB ID: 19912

Title: Kaspersky Anti-Virus Engine CHM File Parsing Overflow

Info

Disclosure

Oct 10, 2005

Discovery

Jun 20, 2005

Dates

Exploit

Unknown

Solution

Unknown

Description

A remote overflow exists in Kaspersky Anti-Virus. The Anti-Virus engine fails to perform proper bounds checking resulting in a heap-based buffer overflow. With a specially crafted CHM file, a remote attacker can cause arbitrary code execution resulting in a loss of integrity.

Classification

Location: Remote/Network Access Required
Attack Type: Input Manipulation
Impact: Loss of Integrity
Exploit: Exploit Rumored / Private
Disclosure: OSVDB Verified

Solution

Currently, there are no known workarounds or upgrades to correct this issue. However, Kaspersky has released a signature update to address this vulnerability.

Products

Kaspersky Lab

Anti-Virus Personal

5.0.227

Anti-Virus On-Demand Scanner for Linux

5.0.5

References

Credit

Unknown or Incomplete



Direct URL: http://osvdb.org/36218