7.1 High
CVSS2
Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
MEDIUM
Authentication
NONE
Confidentiality Impact
NONE
Integrity Impact
NONE
Availability Impact
COMPLETE
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C
5.5 Medium
CVSS3
Attack Vector
LOCAL
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
NONE
User Interaction
REQUIRED
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
NONE
Integrity Impact
NONE
Availability Impact
HIGH
CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
0.002 Low
EPSS
Percentile
59.8%
Symantec Norton Security is prone to a denial of service (DoS) vulnerability.
# Copyright (C) 2016 Greenbone Networks GmbH
# Some text descriptions might be excerpted from (a) referenced
# source(s), and are Copyright (C) by the respective right holder(s).
#
# SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0-or-later
#
# This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or
# modify it under the terms of the GNU General Public License
# as published by the Free Software Foundation; either version 2
# of the License, or (at your option) any later version.
#
# This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
# but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
# MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the
# GNU General Public License for more details.
#
# You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
# along with this program; if not, write to the Free Software
# Foundation, Inc., 51 Franklin St, Fifth Floor, Boston, MA 02110-1301 USA.
CPE = "cpe:/a:symantec:norton_security";
if(description)
{
script_oid("1.3.6.1.4.1.25623.1.0.808624");
script_version("2022-12-02T10:11:16+0000");
script_cve_id("CVE-2016-5308");
script_tag(name:"cvss_base", value:"7.1");
script_tag(name:"cvss_base_vector", value:"AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C");
script_tag(name:"last_modification", value:"2022-12-02 10:11:16 +0000 (Fri, 02 Dec 2022)");
script_tag(name:"severity_vector", value:"CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H");
script_tag(name:"severity_origin", value:"NVD");
script_tag(name:"severity_date", value:"2018-03-05 16:24:00 +0000 (Mon, 05 Mar 2018)");
script_tag(name:"creation_date", value:"2016-10-07 13:20:51 +0530 (Fri, 07 Oct 2016)");
script_tag(name:"qod_type", value:"registry");
script_name("Symantec Norton Security 'CIDS' Driver DoS Vulnerability");
script_tag(name:"summary", value:"Symantec Norton Security is prone to a denial of service (DoS) vulnerability.");
script_tag(name:"vuldetect", value:"Checks if a vulnerable version is present on the target host.");
script_tag(name:"insight", value:"The flaw exists due to the client intrusion
detection system (CIDS) driver is improperly handling a malformed PE executable
file.");
script_tag(name:"impact", value:"Successful exploitation will allow attackers
to cause a denial of service (memory corruption and system crash).");
script_tag(name:"affected", value:"Symantec Norton Security CIDS Drivers
prior to version 15.1.2.");
script_tag(name:"solution", value:"Update Symantec Norton Security through
LiveUpdate.");
script_tag(name:"solution_type", value:"VendorFix");
script_xref(name:"URL", value:"https://www.symantec.com/security_response/securityupdates/detail.jsp?fid=security_advisory&pvid=security_advisory&year=&suid=20160707_01");
script_xref(name:"URL", value:"http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/91608");
script_category(ACT_GATHER_INFO);
script_family("Denial of Service");
script_copyright("Copyright (C) 2016 Greenbone Networks GmbH");
script_dependencies("gb_symantec_norton_security_detect.nasl", "lsc_options.nasl");
script_mandatory_keys("Symantec/Norton/Security/Ver");
script_exclude_keys("win/lsc/disable_wmi_search");
exit(0);
}
include("smb_nt.inc");
include("version_func.inc");
include("host_details.inc");
include("misc_func.inc");
include("wmi_file.inc");
include("list_array_func.inc");
if( ! get_app_version( cpe:CPE ) )
exit( 0 );
infos = kb_smb_wmi_connectinfo();
if( ! infos ) exit( 0 );
handle = wmi_connect( host:infos["host"], username:infos["username_wmi_smb"], password:infos["password"] );
if( ! handle ) exit( 0 );
# TODO: Limit to a possible known common path, maybe from the Detection-VT?
fileList = wmi_file_fileversion( handle:handle, fileName:"IDSvix86", fileExtn:"sys", includeHeader:FALSE );
wmi_close( wmi_handle:handle );
if( ! fileList || ! is_array( fileList ) ) {
exit( 0 );
}
foreach filePath( keys( fileList ) ) {
vers = fileList[filePath];
if( vers && version = eregmatch( string:vers, pattern:"^([0-9.]+)" ) ) {
if( version_is_less( version:version[1], test_version:"15.1.2" ) ) {
report = report_fixed_ver( file_version:version[1], file_checked:filePath, fixed_version:"15.1.2" );
security_message( port:0, data:report );
exit( 0 );
}
}
}
exit( 99 );
7.1 High
CVSS2
Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
MEDIUM
Authentication
NONE
Confidentiality Impact
NONE
Integrity Impact
NONE
Availability Impact
COMPLETE
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C
5.5 Medium
CVSS3
Attack Vector
LOCAL
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
NONE
User Interaction
REQUIRED
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
NONE
Integrity Impact
NONE
Availability Impact
HIGH
CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
0.002 Low
EPSS
Percentile
59.8%