Symantec AntiVirus Scan Engine 4.0 heap-based overflow

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability was found in Symantec AntiVirus Scan Engine 4.0. It has been declared as critical. This vulnerability affects unknown code of the component Scan Engine. Such manipulation leads to heap-based overflow. This vulnerability is referenced as CVE-2005-2758. No exploit is available. It is recommended to upgrade the affected component.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability, which was classified as critical, has been found in Symantec AntiVirus Scan Engine 4.0 (Anti-Malware Software). Affected by this issue is some unknown processing of the component Scan Engine. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a heap-based overflow vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to CWE-122. A heap overflow condition is a buffer overflow, where the buffer that can be overwritten is allocated in the heap portion of memory, generally meaning that the buffer was allocated using a routine such as malloc(). Impacted is confidentiality, integrity, and availability. CVE summarizes:

Integer signedness error in the administrative interface for Symantec AntiVirus Scan Engine 4.0 and 4.3 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via crafted HTTP headers with negative values, which lead to a heap-based buffer overflow.

The bug was discovered 08/31/2005. The weakness was published 10/04/2005 by infamous41md as confirmed advisory (CERT.org). The advisory is shared for download at kb.cert.org. This vulnerability is handled as CVE-2005-2758 since 08/31/2005. The exploitation is known to be easy. The attack may be launched remotely. No form of authentication is required for exploitation. There are neither technical details nor an exploit publicly available.

It is declared as proof-of-concept. The vulnerability was handled as a non-public zero-day exploit for at least 34 days. During that time the estimated underground price was around $25k-$100k. The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 67229 (Symantec AntiVirus Scan Engine Web Service Administrative Interface Buffer Overflow), which helps to determine the existence of the flaw in a target environment. It is assigned to the family Windows and running in the context l.

Upgrading eliminates this vulnerability. A possible mitigation has been published before and not just after the disclosure of the vulnerability. Attack attempts may be identified with Snort ID 4681.

The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at X-Force (22519), Tenable (67229), SecurityFocus (BID 15001†), OSVDB (19854†) and Secunia (SA17049†). VulDB is the best source for vulnerability data and more expert information about this specific topic.

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Class: Heap-based overflow
CWE: CWE-122 / CWE-119
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Physical: No
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Remote: Yes

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Status: Proof-of-Concept

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Nessus ID: 67229
Nessus Name: Symantec AntiVirus Scan Engine Web Service Administrative Interface Buffer Overflow
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Recommended: Upgrade
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Snort ID: 4681
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Sourcesinfo

Vendor: symantec.com

Advisory: kb.cert.org
Researcher: infamous41md
Status: Confirmed
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CVE: CVE-2005-2758 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2005-2758
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-26480
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X-Force: 22519
SecurityFocus: 15001 - Symantec AntiVirus Scan Engine Web Service Administrative Interface Buffer Overflow Vulnerability
Secunia: 17049 - Symantec AntiVirus Scan Engine Administrative Interface Buffer Overflow, Moderately Critical
OSVDB: 19854 - Symantec AntiVirus Scan Engine Administrative Interface HTTP Header Overflow
SecurityTracker: 1015001
Vulnerability Center: 9338 - Symantec Antivirus Scan Engine Web Service Buffer Overflow via Integer Signedness Error, Critical
Vupen: ADV-2005-1954

Entryinfo

Created: 03/11/2015 23:39
Updated: 11/22/2024 03:30
Changes: 03/11/2015 23:39 (77), 06/10/2019 06:16 (9), 11/22/2024 03:30 (16)
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