CVE-2003-1444 Denial of service in n/a
Local attackers can cause denial of service and bypass detection in Kaspersky Antivirus by using files with long pathnames.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- Any signed-in user
- Attackable
- Local or same network only
- Victim action needed
- Not needed
- Fix
- None listed
What is CVE-2003-1444?
CVE-2003-1444 is a medium-severity denial of service vulnerability in n/a, published on 23 Oct 2007. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.
Official description
Kaspersky Antivirus (KAV) 4.0.9.0 allows local users to cause a denial of service (CPU consumption or crash) and prevent malicious code from being detected via a file with a long pathname.
Weakness: CWE-20
Which versions are affected by CVE-2003-1444?
It affects 1 product.
Products include Kaspersky Lab Kaspersky Anti-Virus.
How do I fix CVE-2003-1444?
No fix has been published for CVE-2003-1444 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.
Upgrade, then put limits on request size, rate and nesting depth so one client cannot exhaust the service. More about Denial of service.
Is CVE-2003-1444 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2003-1444 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Other vulnerabilities in n/a
Sources
Also known as GHSA-fpvx-p6fm-93fg.