Symantec Altiris Deployment Solution up to 6.8 axengine.exe sql injection

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A vulnerability was found in Symantec Altiris Deployment Solution up to 6.8 and classified as critical. This issue affects an unknown code of the file axengine.exe of the component Deployment. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a sql injection vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to CWE-89. The product constructs all or part of an SQL command using externally-influenced input from an upstream component, but it does not neutralize or incorrectly neutralizes special elements that could modify the intended SQL command when it is sent to a downstream component. Impacted is confidentiality, integrity, and availability. The summary by CVE is:

SQL injection vulnerability in axengine.exe in Symantec Altiris Deployment Solution 6.8.x and 6.9.x before 6.9.176 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary SQL commands via unspecified string fields in a notification packet.

The bug was discovered 05/14/2008. The weakness was released 05/18/2008 by Brett Moore with Zero Day Initiative (Website). It is possible to read the advisory at symantec.com. The identification of this vulnerability is CVE-2008-2286 since 05/18/2008. The exploitation is known to be easy. The attack may be initiated remotely. No form of authentication is needed for a successful exploitation. Technical details as well as a public exploit are known. The attack technique deployed by this issue is T1505 according to MITRE ATT&CK.

A public exploit has been developed in Ruby. The exploit is available at securityfocus.com. It is declared as highly functional. The vulnerability was handled as a non-public zero-day exploit for at least 1 days. During that time the estimated underground price was around $5k-$25k. The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 32323 (Altiris Deployment Solution < 6.9.176 Multiple Vulnerabilities), which helps to determine the existence of the flaw in a target environment. It is assigned to the family Windows and running in the context r. The commercial vulnerability scanner Qualys is able to test this issue with plugin 121151 (Symantec Altiris Deployment Solution Multiple Vulnerabilities (SYM008-012)).

Upgrading to version 6.9 eliminates this vulnerability. Furthermore it is possible to detect and prevent this kind of attack with TippingPoint and the filter 5935.

The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at X-Force (42436), Tenable (32323) and Exploit-DB (29552). Entries connected to this vulnerability are available at 42436, 42435, 42434 and 42433.

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Class: Sql injection
CWE: CWE-89 / CWE-74 / CWE-707
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Status: Highly functional
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Nessus ID: 32323
Nessus Name: Altiris Deployment Solution < 6.9.176 Multiple Vulnerabilities
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Saint ID: exploit_info/altiris_ds_sqli
Saint Name: Symantec Altiris DS SQL injection

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MetaSploit ID: altiris_ds_sqli.rb
MetaSploit Name: Symantec Altiris DS SQL Injection
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Recommended: Upgrade
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Vendor: symantec.com

Advisory: symantec.com
Researcher: Brett Moore
Organization: Zero Day Initiative
Status: Confirmed
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CVE: CVE-2008-2286 (🔍)
X-Force: 42436
SecurityTracker: 1020024
Vulnerability Center: 18415 - Symantec Altiris Deployment Solution 6.8-6.9.175 axengine.exe SQL Injection, Medium
SecurityFocus: 29198 - Symantec Altiris Deployment Solution 'axengine.exe' SQL Injection Vulnerability
Secunia: 30261
OSVDB: 45313 - Symantec - Altiris Deployment Solution - Unspecified SQL Injection Issue
Vupen: ADV-2008-1542

scip Labs: https://www.scip.ch/en/?labs.20161013
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Created: 03/16/2015 17:00
Updated: 08/10/2019 12:49
Changes: 03/16/2015 17:00 (86), 08/10/2019 12:49 (12)
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