Symantec Security Check Service RuFSI ActiveX Control memory corruption

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability was found in Symantec Security Check Service. It has been classified as problematic. The impacted element is an unknown function of the component RuFSI ActiveX Control. Performing a manipulation results in memory corruption. This vulnerability is reported as CVE-2003-0470. The attack is possible to be carried out remotely. Moreover, an exploit is present.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability classified as problematic has been found in Symantec Security Check Service (unknown version). This affects an unknown code block of the component RuFSI ActiveX Control. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a memory corruption vulnerability. CWE is classifying the issue as CWE-119. The product performs operations on a memory buffer, but it can read from or write to a memory location that is outside of the intended boundary of the buffer. This is going to have an impact on confidentiality, integrity, and availability. The summary by CVE is:

Buffer overflow in the "RuFSI Utility Class" ActiveX control (aka "RuFSI Registry Information Class"), as used for the Symantec Security Check service, allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a long argument to CompareVersionStrings.

The bug was discovered 06/24/2003. The weakness was disclosed 06/22/2003 by Cesar Cerrudo with Argeniss (Website). The advisory is shared at lists.netsys.com. This vulnerability is uniquely identified as CVE-2003-0470 since 06/26/2003. It is possible to initiate the attack remotely. No form of authentication is needed for exploitation. Technical details are unknown but an exploit is available.

The exploit is shared for download at lists.netsys.com. It is declared as proof-of-concept. We expect the 0-day to have been worth approximately $5k-$25k.

Applying a patch is able to eliminate this problem. The bugfix is ready for download at heise.de. Attack attempts may be identified with Snort ID 4174. In this case the pattern 69DEAF94-AF66-11D3-BEC0-00105AA9B6AE is used for detection.

The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at X-Force (12423), Exploit-DB (22816), SecurityFocus (BID 8008†), OSVDB (2208†) and Secunia (SA9091†). Further details are available at heise.de. The entry VDB-168 is pretty similar. If you want to get the best quality for vulnerability data then you always have to consider VulDB.

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Class: Memory corruption
CWE: CWE-119
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Physical: No
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Access: Public
Status: Proof-of-Concept
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Patch: heise.de

Snort ID: 4174
Snort Message: WEB-ACTIVEX Symantec RuFSI registry Information Class ActiveX Object Access
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Sourcesinfo

Vendor: symantec.com

Advisory: lists.netsys.com
Researcher: Cesar Cerrudo
Organization: Argeniss
Status: Confirmed

CVE: CVE-2003-0470 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2003-0470
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-117
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X-Force: 12423 - Symantec Security Check ActiveX Control buffer overflow, High Risk
SecurityFocus: 8008 - Symantec Security Check RuFSI ActiveX Control Buffer Overflow Vulnerability
Secunia: 9091 - Symantec Security Check ActiveX Remotely Exploitable Buffer Overflow, Moderately Critical
OSVDB: 2208 - Symantec Security Check RuFSI ActiveX Overflow
SecurityTracker: 1007029

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

Created: 06/22/2003 02:00
Updated: 02/03/2025 14:16
Changes: 06/22/2003 02:00 (80), 06/25/2019 22:39 (1), 11/18/2024 14:39 (24), 02/03/2025 14:16 (2)
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Cache ID: 216:7DF:103

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