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A vulnerability was found in Symantec Norton Antispam 2004 (Anti-Spam Software). It has been rated as critical. Affected by this issue is the function LaunchCustomRuleWizard in the library symspam.dll. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a memory corruption vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to CWE-119. The product performs operations on a memory buffer, but it can read from or write to a memory location that is outside of the intended boundary of the buffer. Impacted is confidentiality, integrity, and availability. CVE summarizes:

Stack-based buffer overflow in the SymSpamHelper ActiveX component (symspam.dll) in Norton AntiSpam 2004, as used in Norton Internet Security 2004, allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a long parameter to the LaunchCustomRuleWizard method.

The weakness was published 04/15/2004 by Mark Litchfield as confirmed advisory (CERT.org). The advisory is available at kb.cert.org. This vulnerability is handled as CVE-2004-0363 since 03/19/2004. The exploitation is known to be easy. The attack may be launched remotely. No form of authentication is required for exploitation. Technical details are known, but there is no available exploit.

It is declared as highly functional. As 0-day the estimated underground price was around $25k-$100k.

There is no information about possible countermeasures known. It may be suggested to replace the affected object with an alternative product. Attack attempts may be identified with Snort ID 2485. Furthermore it is possible to detect and prevent this kind of attack with TippingPoint and the filter 2730.

The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at X-Force (15536), SecurityFocus (BID 9916†), Secunia (SA11169†) and Vulnerability Center (SBV-4239†). Similar entry is available at VDB-569.

Productinfo

Type

• Anti-Spam Software

Vendor

• Symantec

Name

• Norton Antispam

Version

• 2004

License

• commercial

CPE 2.3info

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CPE 2.2info

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CVSSv4info

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CVSSv3info

VulDB Meta Base Score: 7.3
VulDB Meta Temp Score: 7.3

VulDB Base Score: 7.3
VulDB Temp Score: 7.3
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Exploitinginfo

Class: Memory corruption
CWE: CWE-119
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Local: No
Remote: Yes

Availability: 🔍
Status: Highly functional

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Saint ID: exploit_info/norton_antispam_symspam_rulewizard
Saint Name: Norton AntiSpam 2004 SymSpamHelper ActiveX control buffer overflow

MetaSploit ID: nis2004_antispam.rb
MetaSploit Name: Norton AntiSpam 2004 SymSpamHelper ActiveX Control Buffer Overflow
MetaSploit File: 🔍

Threat Intelligenceinfo

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Countermeasuresinfo

Recommended: no mitigation known
Status: 🔍

0-Day Time: 🔍
Snort ID: 2485
Snort Message: BROWSER-PLUGINS Symantec Norton Internet Security 2004 ActiveX clsid access
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Suricata ID: 2102485
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Timelineinfo

03/19/2004 🔍
03/19/2004 +0 days 🔍
03/19/2004 +0 days 🔍
04/15/2004 +27 days 🔍
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05/02/2004 +17 days 🔍
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11/19/2024 +3687 days 🔍

Sourcesinfo

Vendor: symantec.com

Advisory: kb.cert.org
Researcher: Mark Litchfield
Status: Confirmed
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CVE: CVE-2004-0363 (🔍)
CERT: 🔍
X-Force: 15536
SecurityFocus: 9916 - Symantec Norton AntiSpam SymSpamHelper Class Buffer Overrun Vulnerability
Secunia: 11169
Vulnerability Center: 4239 - Buffer Overflow in SymSpamHelper ActiveX Component in Norton AntiSpam 2004, Medium

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Entryinfo

Created: 10/16/2014 11:18 AM
Updated: 11/19/2024 03:11 PM
Changes: 10/16/2014 11:18 AM (79), 05/21/2019 12:19 PM (3), 11/19/2024 03:11 PM (17)
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