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CVE-2005-3142: Kaspersky Lab Kaspersky Anti Virus: Buffer overflow

CVE-2005-3142 has a CVSS v2 base score of 10.0 (the maximum on that scale) and affects Kaspersky Lab Kaspersky Anti Virus, along with 2 other products in NVD’s configuration data. Per its scoring, it can be exploited over the network, without authentication. The scored impact on confidentiality, integrity and availability is the highest available.

Vulnerability description

Heap-based buffer overflow in Kaspersky Antivirus (KAV) 5.0 and Kaspersky Personal Security Suite 1.1 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a CAB file with large records after the header.

Severity breakdown

CVSS v2.0 10.0: AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

  • Access vector: Network. Exploitable remotely over the network.
  • Access complexity: Low. No special conditions are required.
  • Authentication: None. No authentication is needed.
  • Confidentiality impact: Complete. Total information disclosure.
  • Integrity impact: Complete. Total loss of integrity.
  • Availability impact: Complete. Total shutdown of the component.

Affected products

  • Kaspersky Lab Kaspersky Anti Virus: 5.0
  • Kaspersky Lab Kaspersky Personal Security Suite: 1.1
  • Kaspersky Lab Kaspersky Anti Virus Personal: 5.0
  • Kaspersky Lab Kaspersky Anti Virus Personal Pro: 5.0

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