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CVE-2003-1443

• Severity: medium (CVSS 4.4 v2.0)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 0.5% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: yes
• Published: 2003-12-31 · updated 2026-06-16
• Weakness: CWE-20

Description

Kaspersky Antivirus (KAV) 4.0.9.0 does not detect viruses in files with MS-DOS device names in their filenames, which allows local users to bypass virus protection, as demonstrated using aux.vbs and aux.com.

Affected products

• Kaspersky Lab Kaspersky Anti-Virus: 4.0.9.0

References

• http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/bugtraq/2003-02/0130.html
• https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/11292
• http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/bugtraq/2003-02/0130.html
• https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/11292

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