THREATPORT/VULNERABILITY/CVE-2005-3142
HIGH SEVERITY

CVE-2005-3142

Kaspersky Anti Virus vulnerability

CVSS
10.0
EPSS
42.5%
EPSS pct
99th
Exploited
No known
Heap-based buffer overflow in Kaspersky Antivirus (KAV) 5.0 and Kaspersky Personal Security Suite 1.1 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a CAB file with large records after the header.
Affected vendor
Kaspersky Lab
Affected product
Kaspersky Anti Virus
CVSS vector
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
Published
2005-10-05

Risk analysis

Based on its CVSS vector, this vulnerability is exploitable over the network, low attack complexity, requiring no authentication. Successful exploitation leads to complete impact to confidentiality, complete impact to integrity, complete impact to availability.

Its EPSS score of 42.5% reflects a moderate probability of exploitation activity in the wild over the next 30 days, placing it among the most exploited CVEs currently tracked.

Check your external exposure to CVE-2005-3142

  • Confirm whether Kaspersky Lab Kaspersky Anti Virus is running on any internet-facing host or subdomain.
  • Match discovered service fingerprints against the version affected by CVE-2005-3142.
  • Prioritise remediation if the asset is public, business-critical, or near authentication/payment flows.

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