Symantec Antivirus up to 10.2 improper authentication

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A vulnerability was found in Symantec Antivirus (Anti-Malware Software). It has been rated as very critical. This issue affects an unknown code block. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a improper authentication vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to CWE-287. When an actor claims to have a given identity, the product does not prove or insufficiently proves that the claim is correct. Impacted is confidentiality, integrity, and availability. The summary by CVE is:

Intel Alert Management System (aka AMS or AMS2), as used in Symantec Antivirus Corporate Edition (SAVCE) 10.x before 10.1 MR10, Symantec System Center (SSC) 10.x, and Symantec Quarantine Server 3.5 and 3.6, allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary commands via crafted messages over TCP, as discovered by Junaid Bohio, a different vulnerability than CVE-2010-0110 and CVE-2010-0111. NOTE: some of these details are obtained from third party information.

The weakness was published 01/31/2011 by Core Security (TippingPoint) with TELUS Security Labs (Website). The advisory is shared at xforce.iss.net. The identification of this vulnerability is CVE-2011-0688. 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. The price for an exploit might be around USD $0-$5k at the moment (estimation calculated on 10/13/2021).

The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 51813 (Symantec Alert Management System 2 Multiple Vulnerabilities (SYM11-002, SYM11-003)), which helps to determine the existence of the flaw in a target environment. It is assigned to the family Windows.

Upgrading to version 10.0.2.2 eliminates this vulnerability.

The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at X-Force (65071) and Tenable (51813). Similar entries are available at 4276, 4275, 4272 and 4273.

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VulDB Meta Base Score: 9.8
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Class: Improper authentication
CWE: CWE-287
ATT&CK: Unknown

Local: No
Remote: Yes

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Status: Proof-of-Concept
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Nessus ID: 51813
Nessus Name: Symantec Alert Management System 2 Multiple Vulnerabilities (SYM11-002, SYM11-003)
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OpenVAS ID: 801835
OpenVAS Name: Symantec Intel Alert Management System Multiple Vulnerabilities
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Countermeasuresinfo

Recommended: Upgrade
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Upgrade: Antivirus 10.0.2.2

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01/26/2011 🔍
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01/31/2011 +4 days 🔍
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02/06/2011 +6 days 🔍
03/20/2015 +1503 days 🔍
10/13/2021 +2399 days 🔍

Sourcesinfo

Vendor: symantec.com

Advisory: xforce.iss.net
Researcher: Core Security (TippingPoint)
Organization: TELUS Security Labs
Status: Not defined
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CVE: CVE-2011-0688 (🔍)
X-Force: 65071
Vulnerability Center: 29553 - Intel AMS2 in Symantec Endpoint Protection Manager, SSC and Quarantine Server Allows Remote Code Execution, High
SecurityFocus: 45936 - Symantec Intel Alert Management System (CVE-2010-0110) Buffer Overflow Vulnerabilities
Secunia: 43099

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Created: 03/20/2015 16:16
Updated: 10/13/2021 14:34
Changes: 03/20/2015 16:16 (58), 03/14/2017 12:01 (12), 10/13/2021 14:33 (5), 10/13/2021 14:34 (2)
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