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CVE-2005-1693

• Severity: critical (CVSS 10.0 v2.0)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 6.9% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: none known
• Published: 2005-05-24 · updated 2026-06-16

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.

Affected products

• Broadcom Etrust Antivirus: 6.0, 7.0, 7.1
• Broadcom Etrust Antivirus Ee: 6.0, 7.0
• Broadcom Etrust Ez Armor: 1.0, 2.0, 2.3, 2.4, 2.4.4
• Broadcom Etrust Ez Armor Le: 2.0, 3.0.0.14
• Broadcom Etrust Intrusion Detection: 1.4.1.13, 1.4.5, 1.5, 3.0
• Broadcom Etrust Secure Content Manager: 1.0, 1.1
• Broadcom Inoculateit: 6.0
• Ca Brightstor Arcserve Backup: 11.1
• Ca Etrust Antivirus: 7.0, 7.0_sp2, 7.1
• Ca Etrust Intrusion Detection: 3.0-sp1
• Ca Etrust Secure Content Manager: 1.0-sp1
• Ca Vet Antivirus: 10.66
• Zonelabs Zonealarm: all versions
• Zonelabs Zonealarm Antivirus: all versions

References

• http://crm.my-etrust.com/login.asp?username=guest&target=DOCUMENT&openparameter=1588
• http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=111686576416450&w=2
• http://secunia.com/advisories/15470
• http://secunia.com/advisories/15479
• http://securitytracker.com/id?1014050
• http://www.rem0te.com/public/images/vet.pdf
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/13710
• http://www3.ca.com/securityadvisor/vulninfo/vuln.aspx?id=32896
• http://crm.my-etrust.com/login.asp?username=guest&target=DOCUMENT&openparameter=1588
• http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=111686576416450&w=2
• http://secunia.com/advisories/15470
• http://secunia.com/advisories/15479

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