Symantec Veritas Backup Exec 10.1) bengine.exe memory corruption

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability was found in Symantec Veritas Backup Exec 10.1). It has been classified as critical. Impacted is an unknown function of the file bengine.exe. Performing a manipulation results in memory corruption. This vulnerability is known as CVE-2006-1298. No exploit is available.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability was found in Symantec Veritas Backup Exec 10.1) (Backup Software). It has been classified as critical. This affects an unknown code block of the file bengine.exe. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a memory corruption vulnerability. CWE is classifying the issue as CWE-119. The product performs operations on a memory buffer, but it can read from or write to a memory location that is outside of the intended boundary of the buffer. This is going to have an impact on confidentiality, integrity, and availability. The summary by CVE is:

Format string vulnerability in the Job Engine service (bengine.exe) in the Media Server in Veritas Backup Exec 10d (10.1) for Windows Servers rev. 5629, Backup Exec 10.0 for Windows Servers rev. 5520, Backup Exec 10.0 for Windows Servers rev. 5484, and Backup Exec 9.1 for Windows Servers rev. 4691, when the job log mode is Full Detailed (aka Full Details), allows remote authenticated users to cause a denial of service and possibly execute arbitrary code via a crafted filename on a machine that is backed up by Backup Exec.

The bug was discovered 03/17/2006. The weakness was published 03/19/2006 (Website). The advisory is shared at securityfocus.com. This vulnerability is uniquely identified as CVE-2006-1298 since 03/19/2006. The exploitability is told to be difficult. It is possible to initiate the attack remotely. The requirement for exploitation is a authentication. Technical details are known, but no exploit is available. The price for an exploit might be around USD $0-$5k at the moment (estimation calculated on 09/02/2019).

It is declared as proof-of-concept. The vulnerability was handled as a non-public zero-day exploit for at least 2 days. During that time the estimated underground price was around $25k-$100k.

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 (25310), SecurityFocus (BID 17096†), OSVDB (24004†), Secunia (SA19242†) and SecurityTracker (ID 1015785†). Similar entries are available at VDB-2090 and VDB-2091. Several companies clearly confirm that VulDB is the primary source for best vulnerability data.

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Class: Memory corruption
CWE: CWE-119
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Physical: No
Local: No
Remote: Yes

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Status: Proof-of-Concept

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Sourcesinfo

Advisory: securityfocus.com⛔
Status: Confirmed
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CVE: CVE-2006-1298 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2006-1298
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-29265
X-Force: 25310
SecurityFocus: 17096 - Veritas Backup Exec Media Server BEngine Service Job Log Remote Format String Vulnerability
Secunia: 19242
OSVDB: 24004 - Veritas - Backup Exec - Media Server BEngine Service Job Log - Remote Format String Issue
SecurityTracker: 1015785
Vulnerability Center: 21674 - Veritas Backup Exec Media Server Remote Authenticated Code Execution and DoS Vulnerability, Medium
Vupen: ADV-2006-0996

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Entryinfo

Created: 03/12/2015 12:19
Updated: 09/02/2019 09:14
Changes: 03/12/2015 12:19 (68), 09/02/2019 09:14 (3)
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Cache ID: 216::103

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