EScan Agent Service MWAGENT.EXE Remote Buffer Overflow Vulnerability

TITLE: EScan Agent Service MWAGENT.EXE Remote Buffer Overflow Vulnerability
CLASS: Input Validation Error
CVE: CVE-2007-2687

REMOTE: Yes
LOCAL: No
PUBLISHED: May 23 2007 12:00AM
UPDATE: May 23 2007 10:08PM
CREDIT: Carsten Eiram of Secunia Research is credited with the discovery of this vulnerability.
VULNERABLE:

MicroWorld Technologies eScan 9.0.715.1
NOT VULNERABLE:
MicroWorld Technologies eScan 9.0.718.1

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Discussion

eScan is prone to a buffer overflow vulnerability because it fails to sufficiently bounds-check user-supplied input.

An attacker can exploit this issue to execute arbitrary code with SYSTEM-level privileges. A successful remote exploit of this issue would result in the complete compromise of affected computers.

This issue affects eScan 9.0.715.1; other versions may also be affected.

Exploit

Currently we are not aware of any exploits for this issue. If you feel we are in error or if you are aware of more recent information, please mail us at: mailto:vuldb@securityfocus.com.

Solution

Solution:
The vendor released an update to address this issue. Please see the references for more information.

References

References:

PhpLog

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