Symantec Norton Antivirus up to 2001 E-Mail Scanner privileges management ⚔ [Disputed]

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability classified as critical has been found in Symantec Norton Antivirus up to 2001. This affects an unknown part of the component E-Mail Scanner. This manipulation causes privileges management. This vulnerability is tracked as CVE-2002-1774. No exploit exists. The real existence of this vulnerability is still doubted at the moment. It is recommended to upgrade the affected component.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability has been found in Symantec Norton Antivirus up to 2001 (Anti-Malware Software) and classified as critical. Affected by this vulnerability is some unknown processing of the component E-Mail Scanner. The manipulation 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 confidentiality, integrity, and availability. The summary by CVE is:

** DISPUTED ** NOTE: this issue has been disputed by the vendor. Symantec Norton AntiVirus 2002 allows remote attackers to send viruses that bypass the e-mail scanning via a NULL character in the MIME header before the virus. NOTE: the vendor has disputed this issue, acknowledging that the initial scan is bypassed, but the AutoProtect feature would detect the virus before it is executed.

The weakness was disclosed 12/31/2002 (Website). The advisory is shared at online.securityfocus.com. This vulnerability is known as CVE-2002-1774 since 06/21/2005. The exploitation appears to be easy. The attack can be launched remotely. The exploitation doesn't need any form of authentication. Neither technical details nor an exploit are publicly available. MITRE ATT&CK project uses the attack technique T1068 for this issue.

The real existence of this vulnerability is still doubted at the moment.

Upgrading to version 2002 eliminates this vulnerability.

The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at X-Force (8389) and SecurityFocus (BID 4242†). The entries VDB-19418, VDB-19419 and VDB-19420 are pretty similar. Several companies clearly confirm that VulDB is the primary source for best vulnerability data.

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Class: Privileges management
CWE: CWE-269 / CWE-266
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Physical: No
Local: No
Remote: Yes

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Countermeasuresinfo

Recommended: Upgrade
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Upgrade: Norton Antivirus 2002

Timelineinfo

03/07/2002 🔍
12/31/2002 +299 days 🔍
12/31/2002 +0 days 🔍
06/21/2005 +903 days 🔍
08/04/2014 +3331 days 🔍
08/08/2024 +3657 days 🔍

Sourcesinfo

Vendor: symantec.com

Advisory: online.securityfocus.com⛔
Status: Not defined
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CVE: CVE-2002-1774 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2002-1774
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-19417
X-Force: 8389 - Symantec Norton AntiVirus 2002 incoming email scan can be bypassed using a NULL character
SecurityFocus: 4242 - Symantec Norton AntiVirus NULL Characters Incoming Email Protection Bypass Vulnerability

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Entryinfo

Created: 08/04/2014 16:57
Updated: 08/08/2024 06:35
Changes: 08/04/2014 16:57 (54), 04/19/2019 14:31 (4), 08/08/2024 06:35 (16)
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Cache ID: 216::103

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