PT-2005-3977 · Bitdefender · Bitdefender Antivirus

Froggz · Published 2005-10-05 · Updated 2016-09-30 · CVE-2005-3154

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v2.0

7.5

High

Base vector

AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions BitDefender AntiVirus versions 7.2 through 9

Description The issue is related to a format string vulnerability in the logging functionality. This vulnerability can be exploited by remote attackers who can cause a denial of service and possibly execute arbitrary code via format string specifiers in file or directory names.

Recommendations For versions 7.2 through 9, update to a version that contains a fix for this issue to prevent potential exploitation.

Fix

Use of Externally-Controlled Format String

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-134

Related Identifiers

CVE-2005-3154

Affected Products

Bitdefender Antivirus

References · 6

• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2005-3154 · Security Note
• http://kb.bitdefender.com/KB261-en--Filename-Format-String-Vulnerability.html · Note
• http://shadock.net/secubox/BitDefenderLoggingFunc.html · Note
• http://secunia.com/advisories/16991 · Note
• http://securityreason.com/securityalert/45 · Note
• http://securityfocus.com/bid/14968 · Note