Symantec Norton Personal Firewall up to 2006 9.1.0.33 \Device\SymEvent resource management

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability, which was classified as problematic, has been found in Symantec Norton Personal Firewall up to 2006 9.1.0.33. This affects an unknown function of the file \Device\SymEvent. The manipulation leads to resource management. This vulnerability is traded as CVE-2006-4855. Access to the local network is required for this attack to succeed. Furthermore, there is an exploit available. It is suggested to swap out the affected component for an alternative.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability, which was classified as problematic, has been found in Symantec Norton Personal Firewall up to 2006 9.1.0.33 (Firewall Software). This issue affects an unknown functionality of the file \Device\SymEvent. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a resource management vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to CWE-399. Impacted is availability. The summary by CVE is:

The \Device\SymEvent driver in Symantec Norton Personal Firewall 2006 9.1.0.33, and other versions of Norton Personal Firewall, Internet Security, AntiVirus, SystemWorks, Symantec Client Security SCS 1.x, 2.x, 3.0, and 3.1, Symantec AntiVirus Corporate Edition SAVCE 8.x, 9.x, 10.0, and 10.1, Symantec pcAnywhere 11.5 only, and Symantec Host, allows local users to cause a denial of service (system crash) via invalid data, as demonstrated by calling DeviceIoControl to send the data.

The weakness was shared 09/15/2006 by David Matousek (Website). The advisory is shared at matousec.com. The identification of this vulnerability is CVE-2006-4855 since 09/19/2006. The attack can only be done within the local network. No form of authentication is needed for a successful exploitation. Technical details as well as a public exploit are known.

A public exploit has been developed in ZIP Archive. The exploit is available at matousec.com. It is declared as proof-of-concept.

The problem might be mitigated by replacing the product with as an alternative.

The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at X-Force (28960), SecurityFocus (BID 20051†), OSVDB (28830†), Secunia (SA21938†) and SecurityTracker (ID 1016898†). packetstormsecurity.org is providing further details. If you want to get the best quality for vulnerability data then you always have to consider VulDB.

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Class: Resource management
CWE: CWE-399 / CWE-404
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Local: Yes
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Access: Public
Status: Proof-of-Concept
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Sourcesinfo

Vendor: symantec.com

Advisory: matousec.com
Researcher: David Matousek
Status: Confirmed
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CVE: CVE-2006-4855 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2006-4855
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-2549
X-Force: 28960 - Symantec Norton Personal Firewall Device\\SymEvent denial of service, Medium Risk
SecurityFocus: 20051 - Symantec Multiple Products SymEvent Driver Local Denial of Service Vulnerability
Secunia: 21938 - Symantec Multiple Products Denial of Service, Not Critical
OSVDB: 28830 - Symantec Norton Personal Firewall \Device\SymEvent Memory Corruption DoS
SecurityTracker: 1016898 - Symantec Host IDS SymEvent Driver Lets Local Users Deny Service
Vulnerability Center: 36904 - Multiple Symantec Products \x27\\Device\\SymEvent\x27 Driver Allows Local DoS via Invalid Data, Low
Vupen: ADV-2006-3636

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

Created: 09/18/2006 12:36
Updated: 06/07/2017 14:55
Changes: 09/18/2006 12:36 (58), 06/07/2017 14:55 (30)
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Cache ID: 216::103

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