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Etrust AntivirusApplication · Broadcom

CVE-2005-1693

HIGH · 10.0 CVSS v2.0 Published 2005-05-24
Patch available
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100/100
Remediation priority · Urgent
Remotely reachable No privileges Zero-click Patch available

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 · unedited
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.

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.

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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
Etrust AntivirusApplication
Affected:= 6.0= 7.0= 7.1
Etrust Antivirus EeApplication
Affected:= 6.0= 7.0
Etrust Ez ArmorApplication
Affected:= 1.0= 2.0= 2.3= 2.4= 2.4.4
Etrust Ez Armor LeApplication
Affected:= 2.0= 3.0.0.14
Etrust Intrusion DetectionApplication
Affected:= 1.4.1.13= 1.4.5= 1.5= 3.0
Etrust Secure Content ManagerApplication
Affected:= 1.0= 1.1
InoculateitApplication
Affected:= 6.0
Brightstor Arcserve BackupApplication
Affected:= 11.1

CVSS 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
Complete
Integrity
Complete
Availability
Complete

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

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.

dbcve · scoped
Patch available Apply the vendor patch
Vendor patch crm.my-etrust.com →
Recommended fix Moderate confidence

CA Technologies no longer supports these legacy product lines. Modern alternatives include current CA BrightStor, CA eTrust, or third-party security solutions with active support.

  1. This CVE (2005) affects legacy, end-of-life Computer Associates products that are no longer supported.
  2. Contact CA Technologies (formerly Computer Associates) directly for historical patch information at https://www.broadcom.com/products/enterprise-software/previous-versions or through enterprise support contracts.
  3. If using legacy CA products, migrate to currently supported CA enterprise security solutions or alternative modern security products.
  4. Note: The vendor patch URL (crm.my-etrust.com) requires login credentials and is no longer publicly accessible, indicating these old product versions are past end-of-support life.
  5. Legacy products from 2005 era are unlikely to receive patches and should be replaced with modern alternatives.
Caveat Products are end-of-life with no vendor support available; replacement with modern security solutions required.

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