Symantec Norton Antivirus up to 7.60 build 926 Floppy Disk Scan Routine privilege escalation

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4.6	$5k-$25k	0.00

Summaryinfo

A vulnerability classified as critical has been found in Symantec Norton Antivirus up to 7.60 build 926. This issue affects some unknown processing of the component Floppy Disk Scan Routine. The manipulation leads to an unknown weakness. The attack needs to be initiated within the local network. No exploit is available.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability was found in Symantec Norton Antivirus up to 7.60 build 926 (Anti-Malware Software). It has been rated as critical. This issue affects some unknown processing of the component Floppy Disk Scan Routine. The impact remains unknown.

The weakness was published 06/27/2003 by Pal Juvancz with Department of Public Works in Queensland, Australi (Website). The advisory is shared at securityresponse.symantec.com. Access to the local network is required for this attack to succeed. Neither technical details nor an exploit are publicly available. The price for an exploit might be around USD $5k-$25k at the moment (estimation calculated on 06/07/2017).

We expect the 0-day to have been worth approximately $25k-$100k.

Applying a patch is able to eliminate this problem. The bugfix is ready for download at service1.symantec.com.

The vulnerability is also documented in the vulnerability database at SecurityFocus (BID 8077†). If you want to get the best quality for vulnerability data then you always have to consider VulDB.

Productinfo

Type

Anti-Malware Software

Vendor

Symantec

Name

Norton Antivirus

Version

7.60 build 926

License

commercial

Website

Vendor: https://www.symantec.com/

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CVSSv3info

VulDB Meta Base Score: 4.6
VulDB Meta Temp Score: 4.6

VulDB Base Score: 4.6
VulDB Temp Score: 4.6
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Exploitinginfo

Class: Privilege escalation
CWE: Unknown
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Physical: No
Local: No
Remote: Partially

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Status: Not defined
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Threat Intelligenceinfo

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Countermeasuresinfo

Recommended: no mitigation known
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Patch: service1.symantec.com

Timelineinfo

06/27/2003 🔍
06/27/2003 +0 days 🔍
07/02/2003 +5 days 🔍
06/07/2017 +5089 days 🔍

Sourcesinfo

Vendor: symantec.com

Advisory: securityresponse.symantec.com
Researcher: Pal Juvancz
Organization: Department of Public Works in Queensland, Australi
Status: Not defined

GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-125
SecurityFocus: 8077 - Symantec NAVCE Failure To Scan Floppy Disks Vulnerability

Entryinfo

Created: 06/27/2003 02:00
Updated: 06/07/2017 16:07
Changes: 06/27/2003 02:00 (49), 06/07/2017 16:07 (2)
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Cache ID: 216:D3D:103

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