VDB-29252 · CVE-2006-1284 · BID 17018

Symantec Norton Ghost 8.0 Local Privilege Escalation

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability was found in Symantec Norton Ghost 8.0. It has been declared as problematic. This vulnerability affects unknown code. Such manipulation leads to Local Privilege Escalation. This vulnerability is uniquely identified as CVE-2006-1284. No exploit exists. It is advisable to implement a patch to correct this issue.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability, which was classified as problematic, has been found in Symantec Norton Ghost 8.0. Affected by this issue is some unknown processing. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a local privilege escalation vulnerability. Impacted is confidentiality, integrity, and availability. CVE summarizes:

The installation of SQLAnywhere in Symantec Ghost 8.0 and 8.2, as used in Symantec Ghost Solutions Suite (SGSS) 1.0, includes a default administrator login account and password, which allows local users to gain privileges or modify tasks.

The weakness was disclosed 03/19/2006 by Ollie Whitehouse with Symantec (Website). The advisory is shared for download at securityfocus.com. This vulnerability is handled as CVE-2006-1284 since 03/19/2006. The exploitation is known to be easy. The attack needs to be approached locally. 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.

Applying a patch is able to eliminate this problem.

The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at SecurityFocus (BID 17018†), Secunia (SA19171†) and SecurityTracker (ID 1015733†). The entries VDB-29254 and VDB-29253 are pretty similar. Once again VulDB remains the best source for vulnerability data.

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Class: Local Privilege Escalation
CWE: Unknown
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Physical: Partially
Local: Yes
Remote: No

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Status: Proof-of-Concept

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03/07/2006 🔍
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03/08/2006 +1 days 🔍
03/19/2006 +11 days 🔍
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09/07/2017 +910 days 🔍

Sourcesinfo

Vendor: symantec.com

Advisory: securityfocus.com⛔
Researcher: Ollie Whitehouse
Organization: Symantec
Status: Confirmed
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CVE: CVE-2006-1284 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2006-1284
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-29252
SecurityFocus: 17018 - Symantec Ghost SQLAnywhere Local Administrative Authentication Credentials Disclosure Vulnerability
Secunia: 19171 - Symantec Ghost Multiple Vulnerabilities, Less Critical
SecurityTracker: 1015733 - Symantec Ghost Underlying Database Bugs May Let Local Users Access the Database
Vupen: ADV-2006-0870

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Entryinfo

Created: 03/12/2015 12:19
Updated: 09/07/2017 08:43
Changes: 03/12/2015 12:19 (56), 09/07/2017 08:43 (7)
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