Symantec AntiVirus up to 10.2 CreateProcessA code injection

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A vulnerability has been found in Symantec AntiVirus up to 10.2 (Anti-Malware Software) and classified as very critical. Affected by this vulnerability is the function CreateProcessA. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a code injection vulnerability. The CWE definition for the vulnerability is CWE-94. The product constructs all or part of a code segment using externally-influenced input from an upstream component, but it does not neutralize or incorrectly neutralizes special elements that could modify the syntax or behavior of the intended code segment. As an impact it is known to affect confidentiality, integrity, and availability. The summary by CVE is:

The Intel LANDesk Common Base Agent (CBA) in Symantec Alert Management System 2 (AMS2), as used in Symantec System Center (SSS); Symantec AntiVirus Server; Symantec AntiVirus Central Quarantine Server; Symantec AntiVirus (SAV) Corporate Edition 9 before 9.0 MR7, 10.0 and 10.1 before 10.1 MR8, and 10.2 before 10.2 MR2; Symantec Client Security (SCS) 2 before 2.0 MR7 and 3 before 3.1 MR8; and Symantec Endpoint Protection (SEP) before 11.0 MR3, allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary commands via a crafted packet whose contents are interpreted as a command to be launched in a new process by the CreateProcessA function.

The bug was discovered 04/28/2009. The weakness was published 04/28/2009 by Tenable Network Security with Zero Day Initiative (ZDI) (Website). The advisory is shared at securityfocus.com. This vulnerability is known as CVE-2009-1429 since 04/24/2009. The exploitation appears to be easy. The attack can be launched remotely. The exploitation doesn't need any form of authentication. Technical details and also a public exploit are known. The price for an exploit might be around USD $0-$5k at the moment (estimation calculated on 08/11/2021). MITRE ATT&CK project uses the attack technique T1059 for this issue.

A public exploit has been developed in Ruby and been published 8 months after the advisory. It is possible to download the exploit 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 38664 (Intel Common Base Agent CreateProcessA() Function Remote Command Execution), 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 116471 (Symantec Alert Management System Multiple Vulnerabilities (SYM09-007)).

Upgrading to version 10.0.3 eliminates this vulnerability. Furthermore it is possible to detect and prevent this kind of attack with TippingPoint and the filter 8682.

The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at X-Force (50176), Tenable (38664), SecurityFocus (BID 34671†), OSVDB (54157†) and Secunia (SA34856†).

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Class: Code injection
CWE: CWE-94 / CWE-74 / CWE-707
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Status: Highly functional
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Nessus ID: 38664
Nessus Name: Intel Common Base Agent CreateProcessA() Function Remote Command Execution
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MetaSploit ID: ams_xfr.rb
MetaSploit Name: Symantec System Center Alert Management System (xfr.exe) Arbitrary Command Execution
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Recommended: Upgrade
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Upgrade: AntiVirus 10.0.3
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Sourcesinfo

Vendor: symantec.com

Advisory: securityfocus.com⛔
Researcher: Tenable Network Security
Organization: Zero Day Initiative (ZDI)
Status: Confirmed
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CVE: CVE-2009-1429 (🔍)
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X-Force: 50176
SecurityFocus: 34671 - Multiple Symantec Products Intel Common Base Agent Remote Command Execution Vulnerability
Secunia: 34856 - Symantec Products Alert Management System 2 Multiple Vulnerabilities, Moderately Critical
OSVDB: 54157 - Symantec Multiple Products Intel Common Base Agent (CBA) CreateProcessA() Function Remote Command Execution
SecurityTracker: 1022130
Vulnerability Center: 21978 - Multiple Symantec Products Intel LANDesk Common Base Agent Root Privilege Escalation Vulnerability, Critical
Vupen: ADV-2009-1204

scip Labs: https://www.scip.ch/en/?labs.20161013

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Created: 03/17/2015 11:38 PM
Updated: 08/11/2021 07:13 AM
Changes: 03/17/2015 11:38 PM (104), 09/03/2019 10:55 AM (1), 08/11/2021 07:13 AM (3)
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