CVSS Meta Temp Score | Current Exploit Price (≈) | CTI Interest Score |
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4.8 | $0-$5k | 0.00 |
A vulnerability, which was classified as problematic, has been found in Symantec Brightmail AntiSpam up to 6.0.3 (Anti-Spam Software). This issue affects an unknown code block. 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:
Symantec Brightmail AntiSpam (SBAS) before 6.0.4, when the Control Center is allowed to connect from any computer, allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (application freeze) "by sending invalid posts".
The bug was discovered 07/27/2006. The weakness was presented 08/07/2006 by George A. Theall with Tenable Network Security (Website). The advisory is shared at securitytracker.com. The identification of this vulnerability is CVE-2006-4014 since 08/07/2006. The exploitation is known to be easy. The attack may be initiated remotely. No form of authentication is needed for a successful exploitation. Neither technical details nor an exploit are publicly available.
It is declared as proof-of-concept. The vulnerability was handled as a non-public zero-day exploit for at least 8 days. During that time the estimated underground price was around $5k-$25k. The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 22158 (Brightmail AntiSpam bmagent Multiple Remote Vulnerabilities (DoS, Traversal)), which helps to determine the existence of the flaw in a target environment. It is assigned to the family Gain a shell remotely and running in the context r.
Upgrading to version 6.0.4 eliminates this vulnerability.
The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at X-Force (28059) and Tenable (22158). See 31672 and 84392 for similar entries.
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CPE 2.3
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Class: Denial of serviceCWE: CWE-404
ATT&CK: T1499
Local: No
Remote: Yes
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Status: Proof-of-Concept
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Nessus ID: 22158
Nessus Name: Brightmail AntiSpam bmagent Multiple Remote Vulnerabilities (DoS, Traversal)
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Countermeasures
Recommended: UpgradeStatus: 🔍
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Upgrade: Brightmail AntiSpam 6.0.4
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Sources
Vendor: symantec.comAdvisory: securitytracker.com⛔
Researcher: George A. Theall
Organization: Tenable Network Security
Status: Confirmed
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CVE: CVE-2006-4014 (🔍)
X-Force: 28059
SecurityTracker: 1016600
Vulnerability Center: 12466 - Symantec Brightmail Anti-Spam Denial of Service via Specially-Crafted Post, High
SecurityFocus: 19182 - Symantec Brightmail AntiSpam Control Center Multiple Vulnerabilities
Secunia: 21223 - Symantec Brightmail AntiSpam Multiple Vulnerabilities, Moderately Critical
OSVDB: 27589 - CVE-2006-4014 - Symantec - Brightmail AntiSpam - Denial-Of-Service Issue
Vupen: ADV-2006-3018
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Entry
Created: 03/12/2015 15:51Updated: 06/24/2019 09:16
Changes: 03/12/2015 15:51 (80), 06/24/2019 09:16 (3)
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