Symantec products fail to properly limit device driver access to kernel memory

Overview Certain device drivers included with Symantec products fail to properly verify address space within the "IOCTL" handlers. Description Symantec provides Anti-Virus and Internet Security products that are designed to protect users. According to Symantec Security Response SYM06-020:A...

[Reversemode Advisory] Symantec Antivirus Engine Privilege Escalation

Symantec Antivirus Engine is prone to a local privilege escalation vulnerability. Two Device Drivers are affected: NAVEX15.sys, NAVENG.sys. NAVEX15.sys LOW CONSTANT VALUE PAGE:0004B611 sub edx, 222AD3h PAGE:0004B617 push esi PAGE:0004B618 jz short loc4B63C loc4B63C: mov edx, ecx+3Ch PAGE:0004B63F...

eXtremail 1.x2.1 - Remote Format String (3)

eXtremail 1.x2.1 - Remote Format String 3 source: https://www.securityfocus.com/bid/2908/info eXtremail is a freeware SMTP server available for Linux and AIX. eXtremail contains a format-string vulnerability in its logging mechanism. Attackers can send SMTP commands argumented with maliciously...

CVE-2006-4927

CVE-2006-4927 concerns local privilege escalation in Symantec AntiVirus products due to improper address-space validation in NAVENG.SYS and NAVEX15.SYS device drivers. The vulnerability stems from processing IOCTLs 0x222AD3, 0x222AD7, and 0x222ADB, where a crafted IRP could overwrite a user-suppl...

CVE-2006-4927

The a NAVENG NAVENG.SYS and b NAVEX15 NAVEX15.SYS device drivers 20061.3.0.12 and later, as used in Symantec AntiVirus and security products, allow local users to gain privileges by overwriting critical system addresses using a crafted Irp to the IOCTL functions 1 0x222AD3, 2 0x222AD7, and 3...

[Full-disclosure] iDefense Security Advisory 10.05.06: Symantec AntiVirus IOCTL Kernel Privilege Escalation Vulnerability

Symantec AntiVirus IOCTL Kernel Privilege Escalation Vulnerability iDefense Security Advisory 10.05.06 http://www.idefense.com/intelligence/vulnerabilities/ Oct 05, 2006 I. BACKGROUND Symantec has a wide range of Anti-Virus and Internet Security products that are designed to protect users from...

[CAID 34661]: CA Unicenter WSDM File System Read Access Vulnerability

Title: CAID 34661: CA Unicenter WSDM File System Read Access Vulnerability CA Vulnerability ID CAID: 34661 CA Advisory Date: 2006-10-03 Discovered By: Oliver Karow, Symantec Security Consultant oliverkarow at symantec dot com Richard Sammet, Symantec Security Consultant richardsammet at symantec...

CVE-2006-4981

Symantec Sygate NAC allows physically proximate attackers to bypass control methods and join a local network by selecting a forged MAC address associated with an exception rule that 1 permits all non-Windows devices or 2 whitelists certain sets of Organizationally Unique Identifiers OUIs...

CVE-2006-4981

CVE-2006-4981 affects Symantec Sygate NAC. The vulnerability allows physically proximate attackers to bypass access controls and join a local network by selecting a forged MAC address that matches an exception rule: (1) permitting all non-Windows devices or (2) whitelisting specific OUIs. The NVD...

CVE-2006-4981

Symantec Sygate NAC allows physically proximate attackers to bypass control methods and join a local network by selecting a forged MAC address associated with an exception rule that 1 permits all non-Windows devices or 2 whitelists certain sets of Organizationally Unique Identifiers OUIs...

Symantec SAVCE/Client Security Service Detection

The remote host is running Symantec Antivirus Agent, a real time embedded service used by Symantec SAVCE and Client Security. C Tenable Network Security, Inc. include"compat.inc"; if description scriptid22419; scriptversion"$Revision: 1.9 $"; scriptcvsdate"$Date: 2012/08/02 15:23:52 $";...

Symantec: SymEvent Driver Local Access System Denial of Service

SUMMARY A local access denial of service DoS issue has been identified in the Symantec SymEvent driver used in Symantec consumer and corporate/enterprise products listed below. A local user with authorized access to the targeted system can initiate a DoS in the affected Symantec application...

New PowerPoint 0-day Trojan in the wild

New zero-day vulnerability in Microsoft PowerPoint has been disclosed. This vulnerability is being exploited by Trojan horse Trojan.PPDropper.E. This dropper type file reportedly works in all Windows systems, but the vulnerability itself has been confirmed in PowerPoint 2000 Chinese version...

CVE-2006-4855

The \Device\SymEvent driver in Symantec Norton Personal Firewall 2006 9.1.0.33, and other versions of Norton Personal Firewall, Internet Security, AntiVirus, SystemWorks, Symantec Client Security SCS 1.x, 2.x, 3.0, and 3.1, Symantec AntiVirus Corporate Edition SAVCE 8.x, 9.x, 10.0, and 10.1,...

CVE-2006-4855

The \Device\SymEvent driver in Symantec Norton Personal Firewall 2006 9.1.0.33, and other versions of Norton Personal Firewall, Internet Security, AntiVirus, SystemWorks, Symantec Client Security SCS 1.x, 2.x, 3.0, and 3.1, Symantec AntiVirus Corporate Edition SAVCE 8.x, 9.x, 10.0, and 10.1,...

CVE-2006-4855

The CVE-2006-4855 family concerns the Symantec Norton products (Norton Personal Firewall 2006 9.1.0.33 and related Norton Personal Firewall/Internet Security/AntiVirus/Symantec client products; Symantec Host) where the \Device\SymEvent driver (and related SYMTDI.SYS) is vulnerable to local privil...

Symantec Antivirus format string security vulnerability

Format string vulnerability in Virus Alert Notification Message templates...

Symantec Security Advisory: Symantec AntiVirus Corporate Edition

-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA256 Symantec AntiVirus and Symantec Client Security Elevation of Privilege September 13, 2006 Overview An elevation of privilege vulnerability in Symantec Client Security and Symantec AntiVirus Corporate Edition could potentially allow a local attacker ...

Symantec (Multiple Products) - SymEvent Driver Local Denial of Service

Symantec Multiple Products - SymEvent Driver Local Denial of Service source: https://www.securityfocus.com/bid/20051/info Multiple Symantec products are prone to a local denial-of-service vulnerability. This issue occurs when attackers send malformed data to the 'SymEvent' driver. A local...

Symantec (Multiple Products) - 'SymEvent' Driver Local Denial of Service

source: https://www.securityfocus.com/bid/20051/info Multiple Symantec products are prone to a local denial-of-service vulnerability. This issue occurs when attackers send malformed data to the 'SymEvent' driver. A local authenticated attacker may exploit this issue to crash affected computers,...