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>> BitDefender Antivirus Engine PE File Parsing Plugin Remote Buffer Overflow Vulnerability
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Title : BitDefender Antivirus Engine PE File Parsing Plugin Remote Buffer Overflow Vulnerability
VUPEN ID : VUPEN/ADV-2006-5040
CVE ID : CVE-2006-6627
Rated as : Critical 
Remotely Exploitable : Yes
Locally Exploitable : Yes
Release Date : 2006-12-17
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A vulnerability has been identified in various BitDefender Antivirus products, which could be exploited by attackers or malware to take complete control of an affected system. This flaw is due to a buffer overflow error within the PE file parsing plugin when processing malformed files, which could be exploited by attackers to execute arbitrary commands by tricking a vulnerable application into scanning a specially crafted file.
Credits
Vulnerability reported by Sergio Alvarez (n.runs AG)
ChangeLog
2006-12-17 : Initial release
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