Symantec Norton Antivirus 1.5/2.0 NavExchange privileges management
CVSS Meta Temp Score | Current Exploit Price (≈) | CTI Interest Score |
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5.1 | $0-$5k | 0.00 |
A vulnerability was found in Symantec Norton Antivirus 1.5/2.0 (Anti-Malware Software). It has been declared as critical. Affected by this vulnerability is an unknown functionality of the component NavExchange. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a privileges management vulnerability. The CWE definition for the vulnerability is CWE-269. The product does not properly assign, modify, track, or check privileges for an actor, creating an unintended sphere of control for that actor. As an impact it is known to affect integrity. The summary by CVE is:
In some cases, Norton Antivirus for Exchange (NavExchange) enters a "fail-open" state which allows viruses to pass through the server.
The bug was discovered 05/22/2000. The weakness was disclosed 06/15/2000 by Jim Rosenberg (Website). It is possible to read the advisory at archives.neohapsis.com. This vulnerability is known as CVE-2000-0478. The exploitation appears to be easy. The attack can be launched remotely. The exploitation doesn't need any form of authentication. The technical details are unknown and an exploit is not publicly available. The attack technique deployed by this issue is T1068 according to MITRE ATT&CK.
The vulnerability was handled as a non-public zero-day exploit for at least 23 days. During that time the estimated underground price was around $5k-$25k.
Upgrading eliminates this vulnerability.
The vulnerability is also documented in the vulnerability database at X-Force (4709). The entry 15666 is pretty similar.
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CPE 2.3
CPE 2.2
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VulDB Meta Base Score: 5.3VulDB Meta Temp Score: 5.1
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Exploiting
Class: Privileges managementCWE: CWE-269 / CWE-266
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Countermeasures
Recommended: UpgradeStatus: 🔍
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Timeline
05/22/2000 🔍06/14/2000 🔍
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04/09/2004 🔍
06/25/2014 🔍
04/05/2019 🔍
Sources
Vendor: symantec.comAdvisory: archives.neohapsis.com
Researcher: Jim Rosenberg
Status: Not defined
CVE: CVE-2000-0478 (🔍)
X-Force: 4709 - Norton AntiVirus for Microsoft Exchange may enter \
SecurityFocus: 1351 - Norton Antivirus for MS Exchange Buffer Overflow Vulnerability
OSVDB: 6266 - Symantec Norton Anti-Virus for Exchange Fail-Open State DoS
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Entry
Created: 06/25/2014 12:06Updated: 04/05/2019 18:54
Changes: 06/25/2014 12:06 (61), 04/05/2019 18:54 (1)
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