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CVE-2005-1693
Integer overflow in Computer Associates Vet Antivirus library, as used by CA InoculateIT 6.0, eTrust Antivirus r6.0 through 7.1, eTrust…
High10.0EPSS 6.9%
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- mitre
Description
Integer overflow in Computer Associates Vet Antivirus library, as used by CA InoculateIT 6.0, eTrust Antivirus r6.0 through 7.1, eTrust Antivirus for the Gateway r7.0 and r7.1, eTrust Secure Content Manager, eTrust Intrusion Detection, BrightStor ARCserve Backup (BAB) r11.1, Vet Antivirus, Zonelabs ZoneAlarm Security Suite, and ZoneAlarm Antivirus, allows remote attackers to gain privileges via a compressed VBA directory with a project name length of -1, which leads to a heap-based buffer overflow.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| NVDNVD · Modified | 2.0 | High10.0 | AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 6.9% · top 5.9% of all CVEs (4 Nov 2026)
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The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: High 10.0.
Weakness
- n/a
Affected products
n/a
- affected n/a
References (8)
- http://www3.ca.com/securityadvisor/vulninfo/vuln.aspx?id=32896 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
- 20050523 Computer Associates Vet Antivirus Library Remote Heap Overflow (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQx_transferred
- 1014050 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACKx_transferred
- 15470 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- http://www.rem0te.com/public/images/vet.pdf (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
- 13710 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDx_transferred
- http://crm.my-etrust.com/login.asp?username=guest&target=DOCUMENT&openparameter=1588 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- 15479 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
Sources
The same CVE in the primary databases and aggregators, to check against.
- CVE.org record (opens in a new tab)
- CVE List JSON (GitHub) (opens in a new tab)
- NVD (opens in a new tab)
- FIRST EPSS (opens in a new tab)
- OSV.dev (opens in a new tab)
- GitHub Advisories (opens in a new tab)
- CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)
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