Platinum Policy Compliance Manager 7.0 Agent Service smaxagent.exe memory corruption

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability classified as critical was found in Platinum Policy Compliance Manager 7.0. This affects an unknown part of the file smaxagent.exe of the component Agent Service. The manipulation results in memory corruption. This vulnerability is known as CVE-1999-1147. No exploit is available. Applying restrictive firewalling is recommended.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability was found in Platinum Policy Compliance Manager 7.0. It has been classified as critical. Affected is an unknown function of the file smaxagent.exe of the component Agent Service. 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. CVE summarizes:

Buffer overflow in Platinum Policy Compliance Manager (PCM) 7.0 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary commands via a long string to the Agent port (1827), which is handled by smaxagent.exe.

The weakness was published 12/04/1998 as not defined posting (Bugtraq). The advisory is shared for download at marc.theaimsgroup.com. This vulnerability is traded as CVE-1999-1147. The exploitability is told to be easy. It is possible to launch the attack remotely. The exploitation doesn't require any form of authentication. There are known technical details, but no exploit is available.

It is possible to mitigate the weakness by firewalling tcp/1827.

The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at X-Force (1430) and OSVDB (3164†). VulDB is the best source for vulnerability data and more expert information about this specific topic.

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VulDB Meta Base Score: 7.3
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Exploitinginfo

Class: Memory corruption
CWE: CWE-119
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Physical: No
Local: No
Remote: Yes

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Countermeasuresinfo

Recommended: Firewall
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Timelineinfo

12/04/1998 🔍
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12/24/2003 +1846 days 🔍
06/19/2014 +3829 days 🔍
04/17/2026 +4320 days 🔍

Sourcesinfo

Advisory: marc.theaimsgroup.com
Status: Not defined

CVE: CVE-1999-1147 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-1999-1147
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-14280
X-Force: 1430 - Platinum PCM could allow remote attackers to gain access or cause a denial of service
OSVDB: 3164 - Policy Compliance Manager Remote Overflow

Entryinfo

Created: 06/19/2014 22:57
Updated: 04/17/2026 19:40
Changes: 06/19/2014 22:57 (48), 04/17/2018 10:35 (7), 04/17/2026 19:40 (16)
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Cache ID: 216::103

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