CVE-2001-0410
Official description Straight from the sourceThe vendor's or NVD's own wording, published unedited. Authoritative, but often terse — it says what broke, rarely what to do.
NVD · uneditedBuffer overflow in Trend Micro Virus Buster 2001 8.02 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service, and possibly execute arbitrary commands, via a long "From" header.
Technical summary Written by usOur analysis, written from the advisory, the CVSS vector and the affected-version data. It adds context the advisory leaves out, and never invents facts that are not in the source.
dbcve analysis · high confidenceBuffer overflow in Trend Micro Virus Buster 2001 8.02 when processing email with an excessively long 'From' header allows remote attackers to cause denial of service or potentially execute arbitrary code via the overflow.
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Affected products & versions What the vendor confirmedThe version ranges the vendor confirmed as vulnerable. If your version sits inside a range here, treat yourself as exposed until you have upgraded.
NVD · CPE data= 8.02CVSS breakdown How the score is builtThe industry scoring standard. It rates how the flaw is reached, what it takes to exploit, and what an attacker gains — the score is derived from those, not the other way round.
From the vector- Attack vector
- Network
- Complexity
- Low
- Authentication
- None
- Confidentiality
- Partial
- Integrity
- Partial
- Availability
- Partial
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
Am I affected? How to checkSteps we derive from the advisory and the affected-version data, so you can decide whether this CVE reaches your setup. They are a guide, not a scan — your own configuration is the authority.
dbcve checksWork through these to decide whether this CVE applies to you.
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Identify if Trend Micro Virus Buster 2001 is installedCheck Add/Remove Programs in Control Panel for 'Virus Buster 2001' or search for the Trend Micro Virus Buster program folder under C:\Program Files\Trend Micro\Affected if Virus Buster 2001 appears in the installed programs list
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Confirm the exact installed version is 8.02Right-click the main Virus Buster executable (typically vb.exe or vsapint.exe in the program directory), select Properties, and view the File Version, or open the program and navigate to Help > AboutAffected if The version listed is exactly 8.02
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Verify email protection or POP3 scanning is enabledOpen Virus Buster 2001 console, navigate to the Email Protection or Scanning settings section, and check if the email scanner module is turned onAffected if Email scanning or email protection feature is enabled and active
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Determine if the system processes incoming emailCheck if Virus Buster is configured as an email gateway scanner or is monitoring a mail client (such as Outlook) for viruses. Look for POP3/IMAP proxy settings or email integration optionsAffected if The system uses Virus Buster to scan or filter incoming email messages
The environment is affected if Virus Buster 2001 version 8.02 is installed with email scanning or email protection features enabled, as the buffer overflow occurs specifically when processing email with an excessively long From header.
Generated from the published advisory. Verify against your own configuration.
Remediation Closing itWhat it takes to close this. Where a vendor fix exists we point at it; where none exists we say so plainly, and can build one. Effort estimates are scoped from the advisory, not from your codebase.
From vendor dataReplace Virus Buster 2001 with a currently supported antivirus solution, as this legacy 2001 product is end-of-life and no patch is available for this specific vulnerability.
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- Review / QA2.0 h
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References Go to the primary sourcePrimary sources — vendor advisories, patches and trackers. Where our summary and a reference disagree, the reference wins.
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- A config change or rule that shut the vector down
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