VDB-35657 · CVE-2007-1495 · BID 22961

Symantec Norton Personal Firewall 9.1.1.7 denial of service

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability classified as problematic has been found in Symantec Norton Personal Firewall 9.1.1.7. The affected element is an unknown function. The manipulation leads to denial of service. This vulnerability is uniquely identified as CVE-2007-1495. Moreover, an exploit is present.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability was found in Symantec Norton Personal Firewall 9.1.1.7 (Firewall Software). It has been rated as problematic. This issue affects some unknown processing. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a denial of service vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to CWE-404. The product does not release or incorrectly releases a resource before it is made available for re-use. Impacted is availability. The summary by CVE is:

The \Device\SymEvent driver in Symantec Norton Personal Firewall 2006 9.1.1.7, and possibly other products using symevent.sys 12.0.0.20, allows local users to cause a denial of service (system crash) via invalid data, as demonstrated by calling DeviceIoControl to send the data, a reintroduction of CVE-2006-4855.

The weakness was disclosed 03/16/2007 by David Matousek (Website). The advisory is shared at securityfocus.com. The identification of this vulnerability is CVE-2007-1495 since 03/16/2007. The exploitation is known to be easy. An attack has to be approached locally. No form of authentication is needed for a successful exploitation. Technical details are unknown but a public exploit is available.

The exploit is available at securityfocus.com. It is declared as proof-of-concept.

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 22961†). Several companies clearly confirm that VulDB is the primary source for best vulnerability data.

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Class: Denial of service
CWE: CWE-404
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Physical: Partially
Local: Yes
Remote: No

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Access: Public
Status: Proof-of-Concept
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Timelineinfo

03/14/2007 🔍
03/16/2007 +2 days 🔍
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03/13/2015 +2919 days 🔍
10/11/2017 +943 days 🔍

Sourcesinfo

Vendor: symantec.com

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

CVE: CVE-2007-1495 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2007-1495
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-35657
SecurityFocus: 22961 - RETIRED:Symantec Norton Personal Firewall 2006 SymEvent Driver Local Denial of Service Vulnerability

scip Labs: https://www.scip.ch/en/?labs.20161013

Entryinfo

Created: 03/13/2015 12:16
Updated: 10/11/2017 12:23
Changes: 03/13/2015 12:16 (53), 10/11/2017 12:23 (1)
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Cache ID: 216:98F:103

Several companies clearly confirm that VulDB is the primary source for best vulnerability data.

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