CVE-2004-0932

McAfee Anti-Virus Engine DATS <4398-4397 - Auth Bypass

Title source: llm
STIX 2.1

Exploitation Summary

EIP tracks 1 public exploit for CVE-2004-0932.

AI-analyzed exploit summary This PoC exploits a vulnerability in multiple antivirus products by corrupting ZIP file headers, causing denial-of-service (DoS) when the file is scanned. It patches specific offsets in local and central headers to trigger the vulnerability.

Description

McAfee Anti-Virus Engine DATS drivers before 4398 released on Oct 13th 2004 and DATS Driver before 4397 October 6th 2004 allows remote attackers to bypass antivirus protection via a compressed file with both local and global headers set to zero, which does not prevent the compressed file from being opened on a target system.

Exploits (1)

exploitdb WORKING POC
clocalmultiple
https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/629

This PoC exploits a vulnerability in multiple antivirus products by corrupting ZIP file headers, causing denial-of-service (DoS) when the file is scanned. It patches specific offsets in local and central headers to trigger the vulnerability.

Classification
Working Poc 95%
Attack Type
Dos
Complexity
Trivial
Reliability
Reliable
Target: McAfee, Computer Associates, Kaspersky, Sophos, Eset, RAV (antivirus products)
No auth needed
Prerequisites: A ZIP file to modify
devstral-2 · analyzed Feb 19, 2026 Full analysis →

References (3)

Core 3
Core References
Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry vdb-entry x_refsource_xf
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/17761
Exploit, Patch, Vendor Advisory vdb-entry x_refsource_bid
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/11448

Scores

EPSS 0.4359
EPSS Percentile 97.6%

Details

Status published
Products (47)
archive_zip/archive_zip 1.13
broadcom/brightstor_arcserve_backup 11.1
broadcom/etrust_antivirus 7.0
broadcom/etrust_antivirus 7.1
broadcom/etrust_antivirus_gateway 7.0
broadcom/etrust_antivirus_gateway 7.1
broadcom/etrust_ez_antivirus 6.1
broadcom/etrust_ez_antivirus 6.2
broadcom/etrust_ez_antivirus 6.3
broadcom/etrust_ez_armor 2.0
... and 37 more
Published Jan 27, 2005
Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026