Vulnerabilities > CVE-2007-2846 - Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer vulnerability in multiple products
Attack vector
UNKNOWN Attack complexity
UNKNOWN Privileges required
UNKNOWN Confidentiality impact
UNKNOWN Integrity impact
UNKNOWN Availability impact
UNKNOWN Summary
Heap-based buffer overflow in the SIS unpacker in avast! Anti-Virus Managed Client before 4.7.700 allows user-assisted remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a crafted SIS archive, resulting from an "integer cast around."
Vulnerable Configurations
Part | Description | Count |
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Application | 1 | |
Application | 1 |
Common Weakness Enumeration (CWE)
Common Attack Pattern Enumeration and Classification (CAPEC)
- Buffer Overflow via Environment Variables This attack pattern involves causing a buffer overflow through manipulation of environment variables. Once the attacker finds that they can modify an environment variable, they may try to overflow associated buffers. This attack leverages implicit trust often placed in environment variables.
- Overflow Buffers Buffer Overflow attacks target improper or missing bounds checking on buffer operations, typically triggered by input injected by an attacker. As a consequence, an attacker is able to write past the boundaries of allocated buffer regions in memory, causing a program crash or potentially redirection of execution as per the attackers' choice.
- Client-side Injection-induced Buffer Overflow This type of attack exploits a buffer overflow vulnerability in targeted client software through injection of malicious content from a custom-built hostile service.
- Filter Failure through Buffer Overflow In this attack, the idea is to cause an active filter to fail by causing an oversized transaction. An attacker may try to feed overly long input strings to the program in an attempt to overwhelm the filter (by causing a buffer overflow) and hoping that the filter does not fail securely (i.e. the user input is let into the system unfiltered).
- MIME Conversion An attacker exploits a weakness in the MIME conversion routine to cause a buffer overflow and gain control over the mail server machine. The MIME system is designed to allow various different information formats to be interpreted and sent via e-mail. Attack points exist when data are converted to MIME compatible format and back.
Nessus
NASL family | Windows |
NASL id | AVAST_CAB_SIS_OVERFLOWS.NASL |
description | The remote host is running avast! Server Edition or Managed Client. The version of the avast! product installed on the remote host is reportedly prone to a heap-based overflow in its CAB and SIS file processing code. An attacker may be able to exploit these issues to execute arbitrary code on the remote host, likely with LOCAL SYSTEM privileges. |
last seen | 2020-06-01 |
modified | 2020-06-02 |
plugin id | 25337 |
published | 2007-05-25 |
reporter | This script is Copyright (C) 2007-2018 Tenable Network Security, Inc. |
source | https://www.tenable.com/plugins/nessus/25337 |
title | avast! CAB / SIS File Handling Buffer Overflow |
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References
- http://marc.info/?l=full-disclosure&m=118007660813710&w=2
- http://marc.info/?l=full-disclosure&m=118007660813710&w=2
- http://osvdb.org/36522
- http://osvdb.org/36522
- http://www.avast.com/eng/adnm-management-client-revision-history.html
- http://www.avast.com/eng/adnm-management-client-revision-history.html
- http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/125868
- http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/125868
- http://www.nruns.com/advisories/%5Bn.runs-SA-2007.009%5D%20-%20Avast%21%20Antivirus%20SIS%20parsing%20Arbitrary%20Code%20Execution%20Advisory.txt
- http://www.nruns.com/advisories/%5Bn.runs-SA-2007.009%5D%20-%20Avast%21%20Antivirus%20SIS%20parsing%20Arbitrary%20Code%20Execution%20Advisory.txt
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/469585/100/0/threaded
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/469585/100/0/threaded
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/24155
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/24155
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/1935
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/1935
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/34501
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/34501