Symantec Antivirus Scan Engine up to 5.0.0.23 information disclosure

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability was found in Symantec Antivirus Scan Engine up to 5.0.0.23. It has been rated as problematic. Affected by this issue is some unknown functionality of the component Scan Engine. The manipulation leads to information disclosure. This vulnerability is referenced as CVE-2006-0232. Furthermore, an exploit is available. Upgrading the affected component is advised.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability, which was classified as problematic, has been found in Symantec Antivirus Scan Engine up to 5.0.0.23 (Anti-Malware Software). This issue affects an unknown function of the component Scan Engine. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a information disclosure vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to CWE-200. The product exposes sensitive information to an actor that is not explicitly authorized to have access to that information. Impacted is confidentiality. The summary by CVE is:

Symantec Scan Engine 5.0.0.24, and possibly other versions before 5.1.0.7, stores sensitive log and virus definition files under the web root with insufficient access control, which allows remote attackers to obtain the information via direct requests.

The bug was discovered 04/21/2006. The weakness was published 04/24/2006 by Marc Bevand with Rapid7 (Website). It is possible to read the advisory at archives.neohapsis.com. The identification of this vulnerability is CVE-2006-0232 since 01/17/2006. The exploitation is known to be easy. The attack may be initiated remotely. No form of authentication is needed for a successful exploitation. Technical details are unknown but a public exploit is available. The attack technique deployed by this issue is T1592 according to MITRE ATT&CK.

A public exploit has been developed in Perl. The exploit is available at securityfocus.com. It is declared as proof-of-concept. We expect the 0-day to have been worth approximately $5k-$25k. The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 21271 (Symantec AntiVirus Scan Engine Web Interface Multiple Remote Vulnerabilities), which helps to determine the existence of the flaw in a target environment. It is assigned to the family CGI abuses and running in the context r.

Upgrading to version 5.0.0.24 eliminates this vulnerability. A possible mitigation has been published even before and not after the disclosure of the vulnerability. Furthermore it is possible to detect and prevent this kind of attack with TippingPoint and the filter 4378.

The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at X-Force (25974), Tenable (21271), SecurityFocus (BID 17637†), OSVDB (24904†) and Secunia (SA19734†). Similar entries are available at VDB-29854 and VDB-29853. Be aware that VulDB is the high quality source for vulnerability data.

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Class: Information disclosure
CWE: CWE-200 / CWE-284 / CWE-266
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Access: Public
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Nessus ID: 21271
Nessus Name: Symantec AntiVirus Scan Engine Web Interface Multiple Remote Vulnerabilities
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Recommended: Upgrade
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Upgrade: Antivirus Scan Engine 5.0.0.24
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Sourcesinfo

Vendor: symantec.com

Advisory: archives.neohapsis.com
Researcher: Marc Bevand
Organization: Rapid7
Status: Confirmed
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CVE: CVE-2006-0232 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2006-0232
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-29855
X-Force: 25974
SecurityFocus: 17637 - Symantec AntiVirus Scan Engine Multiple Remote Vulnerabilities
Secunia: 19734 - Symantec Scan Engine Multiple Vulnerabilities, Moderately Critical
OSVDB: 24904 - Symantec Scan Engine unauthorized file access
SecurityTracker: 1015974
Vulnerability Center: 11316 - Symantec Scan Engine Insecure Storage of Log Files, Medium
Vupen: ADV-2006-1464

scip Labs: https://www.scip.ch/en/?labs.20161013
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Created: 03/12/2015 12:19
Updated: 06/17/2019 12:01
Changes: 03/12/2015 12:19 (85), 06/17/2019 12:01 (5)
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