VDB-31887 · CVE-2006-4266 · BID 19585

Symantec Norton Personal Firewall 9.1.0.33 nisprod.dll

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability identified as problematic has been detected in Symantec Norton Personal Firewall 9.1.0.33. This impacts an unknown function in the library nisprod.dll. Performing a manipulation results in an unknown weakness. This vulnerability is reported as CVE-2006-4266. No exploit exists.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability classified as problematic has been found in Symantec Norton Personal Firewall 9.1.0.33 (Firewall Software). This affects some unknown functionality in the library nisprod.dll. This is going to have an impact on confidentiality, and integrity. The summary by CVE is:

Symantec Norton Personal Firewall 2006 9.1.0.33, and possibly earlier, does not properly protect Norton registry keys, which allows local users to provide Trojan horse libraries to Norton by using RegSaveKey and RegRestoreKey to modify HKLM\SOFTWARE\Symantec\CCPD\SuiteOwners, as demonstrated using NISProd.dll. NOTE: in most cases, this attack would not cross privilege boundaries, because modifying the SuiteOwners key requires administrative privileges. However, this issue is a vulnerability because the product s functionality is intended to protect against privileged actions such as this.

The weakness was disclosed 08/21/2006 by David Matousek (Website). It is possible to read the advisory at securityfocus.com. This vulnerability is uniquely identified as CVE-2006-4266 since 08/21/2006. The exploitability is told to be easy. Attacking locally is a requirement. No form of authentication is needed for exploitation. Technical details of the vulnerability are known, but there is no available exploit.

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 vulnerability database at SecurityFocus (BID 19585†). Be aware that VulDB is the high quality source for vulnerability data.

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Physical: Partially
Local: Yes
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Timelineinfo

08/18/2006 🔍
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03/12/2015 +3125 days 🔍
09/22/2017 +925 days 🔍

Sourcesinfo

Vendor: symantec.com

Advisory: securityfocus.com⛔
Researcher: David Matousek
Status: Not defined

CVE: CVE-2006-4266 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2006-4266
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-31887
SecurityFocus: 19585 - RETIRED: Symantec Norton Personal Firewall SuiteOwners Registry Key Security Bypass Vulnerability

Entryinfo

Created: 03/12/2015 15:51
Updated: 09/22/2017 11:12
Changes: 03/12/2015 15:51 (46), 09/22/2017 11:12 (5)
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Cache ID: 216::103

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