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>> Symantec AntiVirus RAR Archive Handling Buffer Overflow Vulnerability
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Title : Symantec AntiVirus RAR Archive Handling Buffer Overflow Vulnerability
VUPEN ID : VUPEN/ADV-2005-3003
CVE ID : CVE-2005-4438
Rated as : Critical 
Remotely Exploitable : Yes
Locally Exploitable : Yes
Release Date : 2005-12-20
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A critical vulnerability has been identified in various Symantec products, which may be exploited by remote attackers or malware to execute arbitrary code. This flaw is due to a heap overflow error in the "Dec2Rar.dll" library when pocessing certain length fields in the sub-block headers of RAR archives, which may be exploited by an unauthenticated remote attacker to execute arbitrary commands and take complete control of an affected system (e.g. by sending an email containing a specially crafted attachment).
Credits
Vulnerability reported by Alex Wheeler
ChangeLog
2005-12-20 : Initial release
2005-12-22 : Updated Solution
Vulnerability Management
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