VDB-122191 · CVE-2018-5240 · BID 104753

Symantec Management Agent up to 7.6 HF6/8.0 HF5/8.1 RU6 Inventory Plugin access control

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability classified as critical has been found in Symantec Management Agent up to 7.6 HF6/8.0 HF5/8.1 RU6. This vulnerability affects unknown code of the component Inventory Plugin. This manipulation causes access control. This vulnerability is handled as CVE-2018-5240. The attack can only be done within the local network. There is not any exploit available. It is recommended to apply a patch to fix this issue.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability was found in Symantec Management Agent up to 7.6 HF6/8.0 HF5/8.1 RU6. It has been declared as critical. Affected by this vulnerability is some unknown processing of the component Inventory Plugin. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a access control vulnerability. The CWE definition for the vulnerability is CWE-264. As an impact it is known to affect confidentiality, integrity, and availability. The summary by CVE is:

The Inventory Plugin for Symantec Management Agent prior to 7.6 POST HF7, 8.0 POST HF6, or 8.1 RU7 may be susceptible to a privilege escalation vulnerability, which is a type of issue that allows a user to gain elevated access to resources that are normally protected at lower access levels.

The bug was discovered 07/16/2018. The weakness was released 07/25/2018 (Website). It is possible to read the advisory at support.symantec.com. This vulnerability is known as CVE-2018-5240 since 01/04/2018. The exploitation appears to be easy. Access to the local network is required for this attack to succeed. Required for exploitation is a single authentication. The technical details are unknown and an exploit is not publicly available. The attack technique deployed by this issue is T1068 according to MITRE ATT&CK.

The vulnerability was handled as a non-public zero-day exploit for at least 9 days. During that time the estimated underground price was around $5k-$25k.

Applying the patch 7.6 HF7/8.0 HF6/8.1 RU7 is able to eliminate this problem.

The vulnerability is also documented in the vulnerability database at SecurityFocus (BID 104753†). Be aware that VulDB is the high quality source for vulnerability data.

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VulDB Meta Base Score: 6.7
VulDB Meta Temp Score: 6.6

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VulDB Temp Score: 5.3
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Exploitinginfo

Class: Access control
CWE: CWE-264
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Physical: No
Local: No
Remote: Partially

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Countermeasuresinfo

Recommended: Patch
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Patch: 7.6 HF7/8.0 HF6/8.1 RU7

Timelineinfo

01/04/2018 🔍
07/16/2018 +192 days 🔍
07/25/2018 +8 days 🔍
07/25/2018 +0 days 🔍
07/26/2018 +1 days 🔍
04/25/2023 +1734 days 🔍

Sourcesinfo

Vendor: symantec.com

Advisory: support.symantec.com
Status: Not defined
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CVE: CVE-2018-5240 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2018-5240
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-122191
SecurityFocus: 104753
SecurityTracker: 1041654

Entryinfo

Created: 07/26/2018 07:50
Updated: 04/25/2023 16:47
Changes: 07/26/2018 07:50 (59), 03/10/2020 10:22 (2), 04/25/2023 16:47 (4)
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Cache ID: 216::103

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