Kaspersky Antivirus (KAV) long file path denial of service
| kav-long-path-dos (11291) |  Medium Risk |
Description:
Kaspersky Antivirus (KAV) creates a file with an overly long path, the attacker could cause the KAV monitor service to crash, which would allow the attacker to bypass virus protection, or consume 100% of the available CPU resources, which would cause the system to become unresponsive.
Consequences:
Bypass Security
Remedy:
No remedy available as of July 9, 2011.
References:
- BugTraq Mailing List, Tue Feb 11 2003 - 04:09:58 CST : SECURITY.NNOV: Kaspersky Antivirus DoS .
- CVE-2003-1444: 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.
Platforms Affected:
- Kaspersky Kaspersky Anti-Virus 4.0.9.0
- Microsoft Windows 2000 Workstation
Reported:
Feb 11, 2003
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