Trend Micro VSAPI ARJ Handling Heap Overflow

high Nessus Plugin ID 17213

Synopsis

The remote host is running an application that is affected by a buffer overflow vulnerability.

Description

The remote host is running a version of the Trend Micro engine that has a heap overflow vulnerability in the ARJ handling functions.

An attacker may exploit this flaw to bypass virus protection altogether and execute arbitrary code on the remote host. To exploit this flaw, an attacker would need to submit a malformed ARJ archive to a process on the remote host and wait for the antivirus engine to scan it.

Solution

Upgrade to the Trend Micro engine version 7.510 or newer.

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 17213

File Name: trendmicro_arj_overflow.nasl

Version: 1.15

Type: local

Agent: windows

Family: Windows

Published: 2/24/2005

Updated: 8/1/2018

Supported Sensors: Nessus Agent, Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 5.5

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.5

Temporal Score: 5.5

Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Vulnerability Information

Required KB Items: Antivirus/TrendMicro/trendmicro_engine_version

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 2/24/2005

Vulnerability Publication Date: 2/24/2005

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2005-0533

BID: 12643

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