Antivir Antivirus up to 7.0.4 vetmsg.exe privileges management
CVSS Meta Temp Score | Current Exploit Price (≈) | CTI Interest Score |
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8.4 | $5k-$25k | 0.00 |
A vulnerability, which was classified as critical, has been found in Antivir Antivirus up to 7.0.4 (Anti-Malware Software). This issue affects an unknown functionality of the file vetmsg.exe. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a privileges management vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to 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. Impacted is confidentiality, integrity, and availability. The summary by CVE is:
computer associates etrust ez antivirus 7.0.0 to 7.0.4 including 7.0.1.4 installs its files with insecure permissions (acls) which allows local users to gain privileges by replacing critical programs with malicious ones as demonstrated using vetmsg.exe.
The weakness was disclosed 01/10/2005 by iDefense with iDEFENSE (Website). The advisory is shared at idefense.com. The identification of this vulnerability is CVE-2004-1149 since 12/07/2004. The exploitation is known to be easy. An attack has to be approached locally. No form of authentication is needed for a successful exploitation. Technical details are known, but no exploit is available. The price for an exploit might be around USD $0-$5k at the moment (estimation calculated on 06/30/2018). MITRE ATT&CK project uses the attack technique T1068 for this issue.
There is no information about possible countermeasures known. It may be suggested to replace the affected object with an alternative product.
The vulnerability is also documented in the vulnerability database at X-Force (18502).
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CPE 2.3
CPE 2.2
CVSSv4
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CVSSv3
VulDB Meta Base Score: 8.4VulDB Meta Temp Score: 8.4
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VulDB Temp Score: 8.4
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CVSSv2
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Exploiting
Class: Privileges managementCWE: CWE-269 / CWE-266
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Local: Yes
Remote: No
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Status: Not defined
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Countermeasures
Recommended: no mitigation knownStatus: 🔍
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Timeline
12/07/2004 🔍12/16/2004 🔍
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06/30/2018 🔍
Sources
Advisory: idefense.com⛔Researcher: iDefense
Organization: iDEFENSE
Status: Not defined
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CVE: CVE-2004-1149 (🔍)
X-Force: 18502 - eTrust Antivirus insecure file permissions
SecurityFocus: 11971 - Computer Associates eTrust EZ Antivirus Local Insecure Default Installation Vulnerability
Entry
Created: 03/10/2015 12:14Updated: 06/30/2018 09:20
Changes: 03/10/2015 12:14 (47), 06/30/2018 09:20 (10)
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