Symantec Norton Antivirus up to <=2005 on Windows Client IDS Driver PE File memory corruption

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability classified as problematic has been found in Symantec Norton Antivirus on Windows. This issue affects some unknown processing of the component Client IDS Driver. The manipulation as part of PE File leads to memory corruption. This vulnerability is traded as CVE-2016-5308. An attack has to be approached locally. There is no exploit available. It is recommended to upgrade the affected component.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability was found in Symantec Norton Antivirus on Windows (Anti-Malware Software). It has been rated as problematic. This issue affects some unknown processing of the component Client IDS Driver. The manipulation as part of a PE File leads to a memory corruption vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to 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. Impacted is availability.

The weakness was shared 07/07/2016 by Piotr Bania with Cisco Talos as SYM16-013 as confirmed advisory (Website). The advisory is shared at symantec.com. The identification of this vulnerability is CVE-2016-5308 since 06/06/2016. The exploitation is known to be difficult. The attack may be initiated remotely. No form of authentication is needed for a successful exploitation. It demands that the victim is doing some kind of user interaction. Neither technical details nor an exploit are publicly available. The advisory points out:

Symantec was notified of a system crash, Denial of Service (DoS) in the CIDS engine driver when interacting with a specifically-crafted portable-executable (PE) files. A malicious individual would first need to entice an authorized user to download a malformed PE file either through opening an email attachment, downloading a malicious document or application or by enticing the user to visit a web site where a malicious file could be downloaded to their system. Once downloaded, the malicious file must be manipulated on the targeted system hard drive to interact with the vulnerable CIDS engine. Sufficiently malformed, the code would execute at the kernel-level with system privileges causing memory corruption resulting in a system crash.

The commercial vulnerability scanner Qualys is able to test this issue with plugin 370082 (Symantec Client IDS Driver PE File Memory Corruption Vulnerability in Symantec Products.).

Upgrading to version CIDS 15.1.2 eliminates this vulnerability. A possible mitigation has been published immediately after the disclosure of the vulnerability.

The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at SecurityFocus (BID 91608†) and SecurityTracker (ID 1036264†). The entry VDB-88828 is related to this item. If you want to get the best quality for vulnerability data then you always have to consider VulDB.

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Class: Memory corruption
CWE: CWE-119
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Physical: Partially
Local: Yes
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OpenVAS ID: 803035
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Recommended: Upgrade
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Upgrade: Norton Antivirus CIDS 15.1.2

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Sourcesinfo

Vendor: symantec.com

Advisory: SYM16-013
Researcher: Piotr Bania
Organization: Cisco Talos
Status: Confirmed
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CVE: CVE-2016-5308 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2016-5308
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-88829

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SecurityFocus: 91608 - Symantec Endpoint Security and Norton Security CVE-2016-5308 Denial of Service Vulnerability
SecurityTracker: 1036264

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Entryinfo

Created: 07/10/2016 16:41
Updated: 09/27/2024 03:19
Changes: 07/10/2016 16:41 (64), 02/20/2019 15:53 (15), 09/01/2022 08:22 (4), 09/27/2024 03:19 (17)
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