VDB-40908 · CVE-2008-0640 · BID 27644

Symantec Ghost Solutions Suite up to 2.0.0 Management Agent improper authentication

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability classified as critical was found in Symantec Ghost Solutions Suite up to 2.0.0. Affected is an unknown function of the component Management Agent. The manipulation results in improper authentication. This vulnerability was named CVE-2008-0640. There is no available exploit. Upgrading the affected component is advised.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability, which was classified as critical, was found in Symantec Ghost Solutions Suite up to 2.0.0. Affected is an unknown function of the component Management Agent. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a improper authentication vulnerability. CWE is classifying the issue as CWE-287. When an actor claims to have a given identity, the product does not prove or insufficiently proves that the claim is correct. This is going to have an impact on confidentiality, integrity, and availability. CVE summarizes:

Symantec Ghost Solution Suite 1.1 before 1.1 patch 2, 2.0.0, and 2.0.1 does not authenticate connections between the console and the Ghost Management Agent, which allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary commands via unspecified RPC requests in conjunction with ARP spoofing.

The weakness was presented 02/07/2008 by Nicolas Pouvesle with Tenable (Website). The advisory is shared for download at symantec.com. This vulnerability is traded as CVE-2008-0640 since 02/06/2008. 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.

Upgrading to version 2.0.1 eliminates this vulnerability.

The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at SecurityFocus (BID 27644†), Secunia (SA28853†) and SecurityTracker (ID 1019356†). Once again VulDB remains the best source for vulnerability data.

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Exploitinginfo

Class: Improper authentication
CWE: CWE-287
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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: Ghost Solutions Suite 2.0.1

Timelineinfo

02/06/2008 🔍
02/07/2008 +1 days 🔍
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02/08/2008 +1 days 🔍
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03/16/2015 +2593 days 🔍
11/06/2017 +966 days 🔍

Sourcesinfo

Vendor: symantec.com

Advisory: symantec.com
Researcher: Nicolas Pouvesle
Organization: Tenable
Status: Confirmed
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CVE: CVE-2008-0640 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2008-0640
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-40908
SecurityFocus: 27644 - Symantec Ghost Solution Suite ARP Spoofing Authentication Bypass Vulnerability
Secunia: 28853 - Symantec Ghost Solution Suite Client Command Execution Vulnerability, Less Critical
SecurityTracker: 1019356 - Symantec Ghost Solution Suite Authentication Bug Lets Remote Users Execute Arbitrary Code
Vupen: ADV-2008-0474

Entryinfo

Created: 03/16/2015 13:43
Updated: 11/06/2017 08:25
Changes: 03/16/2015 13:43 (59), 11/06/2017 08:25 (6)
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Cache ID: 216:2E2:103

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