Symantec Norton Antivirus Recycle Folder privileges management

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability described as critical has been identified in Symantec Norton Antivirus. This impacts an unknown function of the component Recycle Folder Handler. The manipulation results in privileges management. This vulnerability is known as CVE-2000-0119. Furthermore, an exploit is available. Upgrading the affected component is recommended.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability was found in Symantec Norton Antivirus (Anti-Malware Software). It has been classified as critical. Affected is an unknown code block of the component Recycle Folder Handler. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a privileges management vulnerability. CWE is classifying the issue as CWE-269. The product does not properly assign, modify, track, or check privileges for an actor, creating an unintended sphere of control for that actor. This is going to have an impact on confidentiality, integrity, and availability. CVE summarizes:

The default configurations for McAfee Virus Scan and Norton Anti-Virus virus checkers do not check files in the RECYCLED folder that is used by the Windows Recycle Bin utility, which allows attackers to store malicious code without detection.

The weakness was published 12/22/1999 as not defined posting (Bugtraq). The advisory is available at marc.theaimsgroup.com. This vulnerability is traded as CVE-2000-0119. The exploitability is told to be easy. It is possible to launch the attack remotely. The exploitation doesn't require any form of authentication. Technical details are unknown but a public exploit is available. This vulnerability is assigned to T1068 by the MITRE ATT&CK project.

The exploit is shared for download at exploit-db.com. It is declared as proof-of-concept. As 0-day the estimated underground price was around $5k-$25k.

Upgrading eliminates this vulnerability.

The vulnerability is also documented in the vulnerability database at Exploit-DB (19733). If you want to get best quality of vulnerability data, you may have to visit VulDB.

Affected

  • McAfee Virus Scan
  • Norton Anti-Virus

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VulDB Meta Base Score: 9.8
VulDB Meta Temp Score: 8.8

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Exploitinginfo

Class: Privileges management
CWE: CWE-269 / CWE-266
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Physical: Partially
Local: Yes
Remote: Yes

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Access: Public
Status: Proof-of-Concept
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Countermeasuresinfo

Recommended: Upgrade
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Timelineinfo

12/22/1999 🔍
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06/22/2014 +5296 days 🔍
03/24/2025 +3927 days 🔍

Sourcesinfo

Vendor: symantec.com

Advisory: marc.theaimsgroup.com
Status: Confirmed

CVE: CVE-2000-0119 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2000-0119
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-15090
SecurityFocus: 956

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

Entryinfo

Created: 06/22/2014 16:21
Updated: 03/24/2025 00:25
Changes: 06/22/2014 16:21 (39), 04/05/2019 09:41 (10), 06/23/2021 11:52 (3), 03/24/2025 00:25 (25)
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Cache ID: 216::103

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