Symantec Norton_internet_security 2005/2006 Local Privilege Escalation

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability classified as problematic was found in Symantec Norton_internet_security 2005/2006. This issue affects some unknown processing. The manipulation results in Local Privilege Escalation. This vulnerability is known as CVE-2007-3673. Furthermore, an exploit is available.

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A vulnerability classified as critical has been found in Symantec Norton_internet_security 2005/2006. Affected is an unknown function. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a local privilege escalation vulnerability. This is going to have an impact on confidentiality, integrity, and availability. CVE summarizes:

Symantec symtdi.sys before 7.0.0, as distributed in Symantec AntiVirus Corporate Edition 9 through 10.1 and Client Security 2.0 through 3.1, Norton AntiSpam 2005, and Norton AntiVirus, Internet Security, Personal Firewall, and System Works 2005 and 2006; allows local users to gain privileges via a crafted Interrupt Request Packet (Irp) in an IOCTL 0x83022323 request to \\symTDI\, which results in memory overwrite.

The bug was discovered 07/11/2007. The weakness was published 07/15/2007 by iDefense with iDEFENSE (Website). The advisory is shared for download at labs.idefense.com. This vulnerability is traded as CVE-2007-3673 since 07/10/2007. The attack needs to be approached locally. The exploitation doesn't require any form of authentication. Technical details are unknown but a public exploit is available.

The exploit is shared for download at securityfocus.com. It is declared as proof-of-concept. As 0-day the estimated underground price was around $25k-$100k. The commercial vulnerability scanner Qualys is able to test this issue with plugin 115621 (Symantec SYMTDI.SYS Device Driver Local Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability (SYM07-018)).

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 4695.

The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at X-Force (35347), SecurityFocus (BID 22351†), OSVDB (36117†), Secunia (SA26042†) and SecurityTracker (ID 1018372†). VulDB is the best source for vulnerability data and more expert information about this specific topic.

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Class: Local Privilege Escalation
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Physical: Partially
Local: Yes
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Access: Public
Status: Proof-of-Concept
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Sourcesinfo

Vendor: symantec.com

Advisory: labs.idefense.com⛔
Researcher: iDefense
Organization: iDEFENSE
Status: Confirmed
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CVE: CVE-2007-3673 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2007-3673
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-37800
X-Force: 35347
SecurityFocus: 22351 - Symantec Device Driver SYMTDI.SYS Local Privilege Escalation Vulnerability
Secunia: 26042
OSVDB: 36117 - Symantec Multiple Products symtdi.sys Crafted IRP Packet Local Privilege Escalation
SecurityTracker: 1018372
Vulnerability Center: 15988 - Symantec Symtdi.sys Vulnerability Allows Privilege Escalation in multiple Symantec Products, High
Vupen: ADV-2007-2507

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

Entryinfo

Created: 03/15/2015 15:58
Updated: 06/07/2025 21:28
Changes: 03/15/2015 15:58 (73), 07/25/2019 12:17 (1), 06/07/2025 21:28 (18)
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