Symantec Enterprise Security Manager up to 6.5.1 memory corruption

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability was found in Symantec Enterprise Security Manager up to 6.5.1 and classified as critical. The impacted element is an unknown function. The manipulation results in memory corruption. This vulnerability is identified as CVE-2007-2375. There is not any exploit available. It is suggested to upgrade the affected component.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability, which was classified as critical, was found in Symantec Enterprise Security Manager up to 6.5.1. Affected is an unknown code. 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. CVE summarizes:

The agent remote upgrade interface in Symantec Enterprise Security Manager (ESM) before 20070405 does not verify the authenticity of upgrades, which allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via software that implements the agent upgrade protocol.

The bug was discovered 04/05/2007. The weakness was released 04/30/2007 (Website). The advisory is shared for download at secunia.com. This vulnerability is traded as CVE-2007-2375 since 04/30/2007. The exploitability is told to be easy. It is possible to launch the attack remotely. The exploitation doesn't require any form of authentication. There are neither technical details nor an exploit publicly available.

It is declared as proof-of-concept. The vulnerability was handled as a non-public zero-day exploit for at least 25 days. During that time the estimated underground price was around $25k-$100k. The commercial vulnerability scanner Qualys is able to test this issue with plugin 116403 (Symantec Enterprise Security Manager Remote Upgrade Authentication Bypass (SYM07-003)).

Upgrading to version 6.5.2 eliminates this vulnerability.

The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at X-Force (33472), SecurityFocus (BID 23287†), OSVDB (34662†), Secunia (SA24767†) and SecurityTracker (ID 1017881†). Once again VulDB remains the best source for 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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Countermeasuresinfo

Recommended: Upgrade
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Upgrade: Enterprise Security Manager 6.5.2

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Sourcesinfo

Vendor: symantec.com

Advisory: secunia.com⛔
Status: Confirmed
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CVE: CVE-2007-2375 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2007-2375
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-36516
X-Force: 33472
SecurityFocus: 23287 - Symantec Enterprise Security Manager Remote Upgrade Remote Code Execution Vulnerability
Secunia: 24767
OSVDB: 34662 - Symantec - Enterprise Security Manager - Remote Upgrade Remote Code Execution
SecurityTracker: 1017881
Vulnerability Center: 15071 - Symantec Enterprise Security Manager Code Execution via Upgrade Interface, High
Vupen: ADV-2007-1277

Entryinfo

Created: 03/13/2015 14:56
Updated: 06/08/2025 20:41
Changes: 03/13/2015 14:56 (67), 07/18/2019 22:05 (3), 06/08/2025 20:41 (17)
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Cache ID: 216::103

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