Symantec Norton Antivirus Attachment Content-type privileges management

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability was found in Symantec Norton Antivirus. It has been classified as critical. The affected element is an unknown function of the component Attachment Handler. This manipulation of the argument Content-type causes privileges management. This vulnerability is handled as CVE-2002-0485. There is not any exploit available.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability classified as critical was found in Symantec Norton Antivirus (Anti-Malware Software) (unknown version). Affected by this vulnerability is an unknown code block of the component Attachment Handler. The manipulation of the argument Content-type with an unknown input leads to a privileges management vulnerability. The CWE definition for the vulnerability is 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. As an impact it is known to affect integrity. The summary by CVE is:

Norton Anti-Virus (NAV) allows remote attackers to bypass content filtering via attachments whose Content-Type and Content-Disposition headers are mixed upper and lower case, which is ignored by some mail clients.

The weakness was released 08/12/2002 (Website). The advisory is shared at marc.theaimsgroup.com. This vulnerability is known as CVE-2002-0485. The exploitation appears to be easy. The attack can be launched remotely. The exploitation doesn't need any form of authentication. Technical details are known, but no exploit is available. The price for an exploit might be around USD $0-$5k at the moment (estimation calculated on 01/16/2025). MITRE ATT&CK project uses the attack technique T1068 for this issue.

There is no information about possible countermeasures known. It may be suggested to replace the affected object with an alternative product.

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VulDB Meta Temp Score: 6.8

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Class: Privileges management
CWE: CWE-269 / CWE-266
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Remote: Yes

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Timelineinfo

08/12/2002 🔍
08/12/2002 +0 days 🔍
07/22/2014 +4362 days 🔍
01/16/2025 +3831 days 🔍

Sourcesinfo

Vendor: symantec.com

Advisory: marc.theaimsgroup.com
Status: Not defined

CVE: CVE-2002-0485 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2002-0485
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-18541

Entryinfo

Created: 07/22/2014 22:02
Updated: 01/16/2025 20:14
Changes: 07/22/2014 22:02 (36), 04/12/2019 18:44 (10), 01/16/2025 20:14 (36)
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Cache ID: 216:644:103

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