Symantec Workspace Streaming up to 6.1 SP8/7.5 SP1 Search Path AppMgrService.exe untrusted search path

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability labeled as problematic has been found in Symantec Workspace Streaming up to 6.1 SP8/7.5 SP1. This impacts an unknown function of the file AppMgrService.exe of the component Search Path Handler. Executing a manipulation can lead to untrusted search path. This vulnerability is handled as CVE-2015-1484. There is not any exploit available. A patch should be applied to remediate this issue.

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A vulnerability classified as problematic was found in Symantec Workspace Streaming up to 6.1 SP8/7.5 SP1. This vulnerability affects an unknown part of the file AppMgrService.exe of the component Search Path Handler. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a untrusted search path vulnerability. The CWE definition for the vulnerability is CWE-426. The product searches for critical resources using an externally-supplied search path that can point to resources that are not under the product's direct control. As an impact it is known to affect confidentiality, integrity, and availability. CVE summarizes:

Unquoted Windows search path vulnerability in the agent in Symantec Workspace Streaming (SWS) 6.1 before SP8 MP2 HF7 and 7.5 before SP1 HF4, when AppMgrService.exe is configured as a service, allows local users to gain privileges via a Trojan horse executable file in the %SYSTEMDRIVE% directory, as demonstrated by program.exe.

The weakness was released 04/22/2015 (Website). The advisory is available at symantec.com. This vulnerability was named CVE-2015-1484 since 02/05/2015. Local access is required to approach this attack. A single authentication is necessary for exploitation. Technical details are known, but there is no available exploit. This vulnerability is assigned to T1574 by the MITRE ATT&CK project.

The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 83117 (Symantec Workspace Streaming Agent Unquoted Service Path Local Privilege Escalation (SYM15-004)), which helps to determine the existence of the flaw in a target environment. It is assigned to the family Windows.

Applying a patch is able to eliminate this problem.

The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at Tenable (83117), SecurityFocus (BID 73925†) and Vulnerability Center (SBV-50742†). If you want to get best quality of vulnerability data, you may have to visit VulDB.

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Class: Untrusted search path
CWE: CWE-426
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Nessus ID: 83117
Nessus Name: Symantec Workspace Streaming Agent Unquoted Service Path Local Privilege Escalation (SYM15-004)
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OpenVAS ID: 801439
OpenVAS Name: Symantec Workspace Streaming Agent Privilege Escalation Vulnerability
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Vendor: symantec.com

Advisory: symantec.com
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CVE: CVE-2015-1484 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2015-1484
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-75106
SecurityFocus: 73925 - Symantec Workspace Streaming Agent 'AppMgrService.exe' Local Privilege Escalation Vulnerability
SecurityTracker: 1032133
Vulnerability Center: 50742 - Symantec Workspace Streaming Local Privileges Escalation via a Trojan Horse Executable File, Medium

Entryinfo

Created: 04/24/2015 09:39
Updated: 05/09/2022 16:49
Changes: 04/24/2015 09:39 (58), 07/02/2017 12:01 (9), 05/09/2022 16:41 (3), 05/09/2022 16:49 (1)
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Cache ID: 216::103

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