A vulnerability has been identified in various Kaspersky Anti-Virus products, which could be exploited by attackers or malware to execute arbitrary commands. This flaw is due to a heap overflow error in the CAB file format parser (cab.ppl) that does not properly handle a specially crafted file containing a malformed header, which could be exploited by attackers to execute arbitrary commands and compromise a vulnerable system (e.g. by sending an email containing a malicious CAB file).
The issue has been reported in version 5.0.20.0 of the CAB scanning library (cab.ppl). Other versions may also be vulnerable.
Credits
Vulnerability reported by Alex Wheeler
ChangeLog
2005-10-03 : Initial release
2005-10-04 : Updated Affected Products, Solution and References
2005-10-05 : Patches available
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