CA Vet Scan Engine < 11.9.1 Library Remote Heap Overflow

critical Nessus Plugin ID 20174

Synopsis

The remote antivirus application allows execution of arbitrary code.

Description

The remote host is running a version of CA Vet Scan Engine that is vulnerable to heap overflow. An attacker may exploit this flaw to execute arbitrary code on the remote host with the privileges of a local administrator or to disable the remote service remotely.

To exploit this flaw, an attacker would need to send a specially- crafted file to the remote antivirus library.

Solution

Install the latest virus definitions and ensure that the Vet engine is version 11.9.1 or later.

Plugin Details

Severity: Critical

ID: 20174

File Name: ca_vet_overflow.nasl

Version: 1.18

Type: local

Agent: windows

Family: Windows

Published: 11/9/2005

Updated: 11/15/2018

Supported Sensors: Nessus Agent, Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 5.9

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Critical

Base Score: 10

Temporal Score: 7.4

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

Vulnerability Information

Required KB Items: SMB/Registry/Enumerated

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Vulnerability Publication Date: 5/23/2005

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2005-1693

BID: 13710

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