6303 : Symantec Norton Anti-Virus ActiveX Control Input Validation
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Views This Week	Views All Time	Added to OSVDB	Last Modified	Modified (since 2008)	Percent Complete
4	907	over 7 years ago	over 2 years ago	1 times	90%

Timeline

Disclosure Date	Exploit Publish Date
2004-05-20	2004-05-21

Keywords

SYM04-009

Description

Symantec Norton AntiVirus contains a flaw that may allow a remote attacker to execute arbitrary code. The issue is triggered due to insufficient input validation in an ActiveX control used by the application. It is possible that the flaw may allow arbitrary code exection, resulting in a loss of integrity.

Classification

Location: Remote / Network Access, Context Dependent
Attack Type: Denial of Service, Input Manipulation
Impact: Loss of Integrity, Loss of Availability
Exploit: Exploit Public
Disclosure: OSVDB Verified, Vendor Verified
OSVDB: Web Related, Security Software

Solution

Currently, there are no known workarounds or upgrades to correct this issue. However, Symantec has released a patch to address this vulnerability.

Products

Symantec Corporation

Norton Antivirus

2004

References

Bugtraq ID: 10392
Secunia Advisory ID: 11676
ISS X-Force ID: 16220
CVE ID: 2004-0487 (see also: NVD)
CERT VU: 312510
Related OSVDB ID: 6303
SCIP VulDB ID: 668
Mail List Post: http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/bugtraq/2004-05/0234.html
http://marc.theaimsgroup.com/?l=bugtraq&m=108515369718455&w=2
Vendor Specific Advisory URL: http://securityresponse.symantec.com/avcenter/security/Content/2004.05.20.html
Other Advisory URL: http://www.ciac.org/ciac/bulletins/o-149.shtml
http://www.lac.co.jp/security/csl/intelligence/SNSadvisory_e/72_e.html
Vendor Specific News/Changelog Entry: http://www.symantec.com/avcenter/security/Content/2004.05.20.html
Vendor URL: http://www.symantec.com/index.htm
CIAC Advisory: o-149
Keyword: SYM04-009

Credit

Yuu Arai - y.arailac.co.jp - Little eArth Corporation

CVSSv2 Score

CVSSv2 Base Score = 10.0
Source: nvd.nist.gov | Generated: 2003-12-31 | Disagree?

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