First published: Wed Dec 31 2003(Updated: )
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.
Credit: cve@mitre.org
Affected Software | Affected Version | How to fix |
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Kaspersky Anti-Virus | =4.0.9.0 |
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The severity of CVE-2003-1444 is high, as it allows local users to cause a denial of service.
To mitigate CVE-2003-1444, it is recommended to upgrade to a fixed version of Kaspersky Anti-Virus beyond 4.0.9.0.
CVE-2003-1444 enables a denial of service attack by exploiting long pathnames to consume CPU resources.
CVE-2003-1444 specifically affects users of Kaspersky Anti-Virus version 4.0.9.0.
The impact of CVE-2003-1444 on Kaspersky Antivirus includes potential system crashes and undetected malicious code.