VDB-19421 · CVE-2002-1778 · XFDB 8859

Symantec Norton Personal Firewall 2002 Portscan Detector privileges management

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability has been found in Symantec Norton Personal Firewall 2002 and classified as critical. The affected element is an unknown function of the component Portscan Detector. The manipulation leads to privileges management. This vulnerability is documented as CVE-2002-1778. There is not any exploit available.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability was found in Symantec Norton Personal Firewall 2002 (Firewall Software). It has been rated as critical. This issue affects an unknown part of the component Portscan Detector. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a privileges management vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to 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. Impacted is confidentiality, integrity, and availability. The summary by CVE is:

Symantec Norton Personal Firewall 2002 allows remote attackers to bypass the portscan protection by using a (1) SYN/FIN, (2) SYN/FIN/URG, (3) SYN/FIN/PUSH, or (4) SYN/FIN/URG/PUSH scan.

The weakness was released 12/31/2002 (Website). The advisory is shared at online.securityfocus.com. The identification of this vulnerability is CVE-2002-1778 since 06/21/2005. The exploitation is known to be easy. The attack may be initiated remotely. No form of authentication is needed for a successful exploitation. Neither technical details nor an exploit are publicly available. The price for an exploit might be around USD $0-$5k at the moment (estimation calculated on 04/19/2019). 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.

The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at X-Force (8859) and SecurityFocus (BID 4521†). Entry connected to this vulnerability is available at VDB-19422. If you want to get the best quality for vulnerability data then you always have to consider VulDB.

Productinfo

Type

Firewall Software

Vendor

Symantec

Name

Norton Personal Firewall

Version

2002

License

commercial

Website

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

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CVSSv3info

VulDB Meta Base Score: 7.3
VulDB Meta Temp Score: 7.3

VulDB Base Score: 7.3
VulDB Temp Score: 7.3
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Exploitinginfo

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

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Countermeasuresinfo

Recommended: no mitigation known
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Timelineinfo

04/16/2002 🔍
12/31/2002 +259 days 🔍
12/31/2002 +0 days 🔍
06/21/2005 +903 days 🔍
08/04/2014 +3331 days 🔍
04/19/2019 +1719 days 🔍

Sourcesinfo

Vendor: symantec.com

Advisory: online.securityfocus.com⛔
Status: Not defined
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CVE: CVE-2002-1778 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2002-1778
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-19421
X-Force: 8859 - Symantec Norton Personal Firewall allows remote attacker to bypass portscan protection using SYN/FIN scan
SecurityFocus: 4521 - Symantec Norton Personal Firewall 2002 Portscan Protection Bypass Vulnerability

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Entryinfo

Created: 08/04/2014 16:58
Updated: 04/19/2019 14:42
Changes: 08/04/2014 16:58 (51), 04/19/2019 14:42 (5)
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Cache ID: 216::103

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