PT-2006-5411 · Alwil · Avast! Anti-Virus Engine

Published 2006-09-07 · Updated 2011-03-08 · CVE-2006-4626

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 alwil avast! Anti-virus Engine versions prior to 4.7.869

Description The issue is related to a heap-based buffer overflow that can be triggered by a crafted LHA file. This file contains extended headers with file and directory names whose concatenation leads to the overflow, allowing remote attackers to execute arbitrary code.

Recommendations For versions prior to 4.7.869, update to version 4.7.869 or later to resolve the issue.

Exploit

Fix

Related Identifiers

CVE-2006-4626

Affected Products

Avast! Anti-Virus Engine

References · 5

• 🔥 http://hustlelabs.com/advisories/04072006_alwil.pdf · Exploit
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2006-4626 · Security Note
• http://secunia.com/advisories/21794 · Note
• http://vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/3515 · Note
• http://securityfocus.com/bid/19903 · Note