Symantec Norton System Works 2004 Professional Auto-Protect Module denial of service
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A vulnerability, which was classified as problematic, has been found in Symantec Norton System Works 2004 Professional. This issue affects an unknown functionality of the component Auto-Protect Module. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a denial of service vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to CWE-404. The product does not release or incorrectly releases a resource before it is made available for re-use. Impacted is availability. The summary by CVE is:
The SmartScan feature in the Auto-Protect module for Symantec Norton AntiVirus 2004 and 2005, as also used in Internet Security 2004/2005 and System Works 2004/2005, allows attackers to cause a denial of service (CPU consumption and system crash) by renaming a file on a network share.
The bug was discovered 03/28/2005. The weakness was published 05/02/2005 as confirmed advisory (CERT.org). The advisory is shared at kb.cert.org. The identification of this vulnerability is CVE-2005-0923 since 03/29/2005. The exploitation is known to be easy. An attack has to be approached locally. No form of authentication is needed for a successful exploitation. Neither technical details nor an exploit are publicly available.
The vulnerability was handled as a non-public zero-day exploit for at least 35 days. During that time the estimated underground price was around $5k-$25k.
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 (19863). Similar entries are available at 1306 and 1305.
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CPE 2.3
CPE 2.2
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VulDB Meta Base Score: 4.0VulDB Meta Temp Score: 4.0
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Exploiting
Class: Denial of serviceCWE: CWE-404
ATT&CK: Unknown
Local: Yes
Remote: No
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Status: Not defined
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Timeline
03/28/2005 🔍03/28/2005 🔍
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Sources
Vendor: symantec.comAdvisory: kb.cert.org
Status: Confirmed
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CVE: CVE-2005-0923 (🔍)
X-Force: 19863
SecurityTracker: 1013585
Vulnerability Center: 12074 - Symantec Norton AntiVirus SmartScan Feature DoS via Renaming File on a Network Share, Medium
SecurityFocus: 12924 - Symantec Norton AntiVirus AutoProtect Module SmartScan Local Denial Of Service Vulnerability
Secunia: 14741 - Symantec Norton AntiVirus Denial of Service Vulnerabilities, Less Critical
OSVDB: 15102 - Symantec - Norton AntiVirus - AutoProtect Module SmartScan Local Denial Of Service Issue
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Entry
Created: 03/10/2015 23:05Updated: 06/21/2019 12:09
Changes: 03/10/2015 23:05 (69), 06/21/2019 12:09 (3)
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