Symantec Norton Antivirus up to 9.0.3 stack-based overflow

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability was found in Symantec Norton Antivirus up to 9.0.3. It has been rated as problematic. Affected by this vulnerability is an unknown functionality. This manipulation causes stack-based overflow. This vulnerability is tracked as CVE-2007-3771. No exploit exists. Upgrading the affected component is advised.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability was found in Symantec Norton Antivirus up to 9.0.3 (Anti-Malware Software). It has been declared as problematic. Affected by this vulnerability is an unknown function. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a stack-based overflow vulnerability. The CWE definition for the vulnerability is CWE-121. A stack-based buffer overflow condition is a condition where the buffer being overwritten is allocated on the stack (i.e., is a local variable or, rarely, a parameter to a function). As an impact it is known to affect availability. The summary by CVE is:

Stack-based buffer overflow in the Internet E-mail Auto-Protect feature in Symantec AntiVirus Corporate Edition before 10.1, and Client Security before 3.1, allows local users to cause a denial of service (service crash) via a long (1) To, (2) From, or (3) Subject header in an outbound SMTP e-mail message. NOTE: the original vendor advisory referenced CVE-2006-3456, but this was an error.

The bug was discovered 07/11/2007. The weakness was disclosed 07/11/2007 by Jordi Corrales (Website). It is possible to read the advisory at secunia.com. This vulnerability is known as CVE-2007-3771 since 07/15/2007. The exploitation appears to be easy. Attacking locally is a requirement. The successful exploitation requires a single authentication. The technical details are unknown and an exploit is not publicly available.

It is declared as proof-of-concept. The vulnerability was handled as a non-public zero-day exploit for at least 1 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 115625 (Symantec Client Security Internet E-mail Auto-Protect Stack Overflow (SYM07-016)).

Upgrading to version 9.0.4 eliminates this vulnerability.

The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at X-Force (35354), SecurityFocus (BID 24802†), OSVDB (36115†), Secunia (SA26036†) and SecurityTracker (ID 1018367†). Be aware that VulDB is the high quality source for vulnerability data.

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Class: Stack-based overflow
CWE: CWE-121 / CWE-119
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Physical: Partially
Local: Yes
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Status: Proof-of-Concept

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Recommended: Upgrade
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Upgrade: Norton Antivirus 9.0.4

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Sourcesinfo

Vendor: symantec.com

Advisory: secunia.com⛔
Researcher: Jordi Corrales
Status: Confirmed
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CVE: CVE-2007-3771 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2007-3771
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-37807
X-Force: 35354
SecurityFocus: 24802 - Symantec Client Security Internet E-mail Auto-Protect Stack Overflow Vulnerability
Secunia: 26036
OSVDB: 36115 - Symantec Multiple Products Internet Email Auto-Protect Outbound E-mail Handling Overflow
SecurityTracker: 1018367
Vulnerability Center: 15989 - Symantec Internet E-mail Auto-Protect Feature Vulnerability Allows Local Users to Cause DoS, Medium
Vupen: ADV-2007-2506

Entryinfo

Created: 03/15/2015 15:58
Updated: 06/07/2025 20:23
Changes: 03/15/2015 15:58 (72), 07/25/2019 12:22 (1), 06/07/2025 20:23 (18)
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