PT-2007-2698 · Kaspersky · Kaspersky Antivirus Engine

Published 2007-03-06 · Updated 2017-07-29 · CVE-2007-1281

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v2.0

7.8

High

Base vector

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

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions Kaspersky AntiVirus Engine versions 6.0.1.411 for Windows and 5.5-10 for Linux

Description The issue allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service, specifically CPU consumption, by utilizing a crafted UPX compressed file. This file has a negative offset, which triggers an infinite loop during the decompression process.

Recommendations For Kaspersky AntiVirus Engine version 6.0.1.411 on Windows, consider disabling the handling of UPX compressed files until a patch is available. For Kaspersky AntiVirus Engine versions 5.5-10 on Linux, restrict access to the decompression functionality to minimize the risk of exploitation.

Fix

Related Identifiers

CVE-2007-1281

Affected Products

Kaspersky Antivirus Engine

References · 7

• http://labs.idefense.com/intelligence/vulnerabilities/display.php?id=485 · Vendor Advisory
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2007-1281 · Security Note
• http://secunia.com/advisories/24391 · Note
• http://securityfocus.com/bid/22795 · Note
• http://securitytracker.com/id?1017718 · Note
• http://vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/0810 · Note
• https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/32797 · Note