VDB-105629 · CVE-2017-6329 · BID 100200

Symantec VIP Access for Desktop up to 2.2.3 access control

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability classified as problematic has been found in Symantec VIP Access for Desktop up to 2.2.3. The impacted element is an unknown function. The manipulation leads to access control. This vulnerability is traded as CVE-2017-6329. An attack has to be approached locally. There is no exploit available. It is recommended to upgrade the affected component.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability was found in Symantec VIP Access for Desktop up to 2.2.3 and classified as problematic. This issue affects some unknown processing. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a access control vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to CWE-284. The product does not restrict or incorrectly restricts access to a resource from an unauthorized actor. Impacted is confidentiality, integrity, and availability. The summary by CVE is:

Symantec VIP Access for Desktop prior to 2.2.4 can be susceptible to a DLL Pre-Loading vulnerability. These types of issues occur when an application looks to call a DLL for execution and an attacker provides a malicious DLL to use instead. Depending on how the application is configured, the application will generally follow a specific search path to locate the DLL. The exploitation of the vulnerability manifests as a simple file write (or potentially an over-write) which results in a foreign executable running under the context of the application.

The bug was discovered 08/21/2017. The weakness was shared 08/21/2017 by Kushal Arvind Shah with Fortinet's FortiGuard Labs (Website). The advisory is shared at symantec.com. The identification of this vulnerability is CVE-2017-6329 since 02/26/2017. An attack has to be approached locally. Required for exploitation is a simple authentication. Neither technical details nor an exploit are publicly available. MITRE ATT&CK project uses the attack technique T1068 for this issue.

The commercial vulnerability scanner Qualys is able to test this issue with plugin 370581 (Symantec VIP Access Desktop DLL Pre-Loading Vulnerability (SYM17-007)).

Upgrading to version 2.2.4 eliminates this vulnerability.

The vulnerability is also documented in the vulnerability database at SecurityFocus (BID 100200†). If you want to get the best quality for vulnerability data then you always have to consider VulDB.

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VulDB Meta Base Score: 6.5
VulDB Meta Temp Score: 6.4

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Exploitinginfo

Class: Access control
CWE: CWE-284 / CWE-266
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Physical: Partially
Local: Yes
Remote: No

Availability: 🔍
Status: Not defined

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Countermeasuresinfo

Recommended: Upgrade
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Upgrade: VIP Access for Desktop 2.2.4

Timelineinfo

02/26/2017 🔍
08/14/2017 +169 days 🔍
08/21/2017 +7 days 🔍
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08/22/2017 +1 days 🔍
11/09/2019 +809 days 🔍

Sourcesinfo

Vendor: symantec.com

Advisory: symantec.com
Researcher: Kushal Arvind Shah
Organization: Fortinet's FortiGuard Labs
Status: Not defined
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CVE: CVE-2017-6329 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2017-6329
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-105629
SecurityFocus: 100200 - Symantec VIP Access Desktop DLL Loading CVE-2017-6329 Local Code Execution Vulnerability

Entryinfo

Created: 08/22/2017 11:04
Updated: 11/09/2019 15:16
Changes: 08/22/2017 11:04 (55), 11/09/2019 15:16 (12)
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Cache ID: 216::103

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