Multiple Symantec Altiris Products 'RunCmd()' ActiveX Control Buffer Overflow Vulnerability

BID:37092

Info

Multiple Symantec Altiris Products 'RunCmd()' ActiveX Control Buffer Overflow Vulnerability

Bugtraq ID: 37092
Class: Boundary Condition Error
CVE: CVE-2009-3033
Remote: Yes
Local: No
Published: Nov 24 2009 12:00AM
Updated: Dec 14 2009 06:34PM
Credit: Sebastien Renaud of VUPEN Vulnerability Research Team
Vulnerable: Symantec Management Platform 7.0 SP1
Symantec Management Platform 7.0
Symantec Altiris Notification Server 6.0 SP3 R7
Symantec Altiris Notification Server 6.0 SP3
Symantec Altiris Notification Server 6.0 SP2
Symantec Altiris Notification Server 6.0 SP1
Symantec Altiris Notification Server 6.0
Symantec Altiris Deployment Solution 6.9.355 SP1
Symantec Altiris Deployment Solution 6.9.355
Symantec Altiris Deployment Solution 6.9.176
Symantec Altiris Deployment Solution 6.9.164
Symantec Altiris Deployment Solution 6.9 SP3 Build 430
Symantec Altiris Deployment Solution 6.9 SP2 build 375
Symantec Altiris Deployment Solution 6.9 SP1
Symantec Altiris Deployment Solution 6.9
Not Vulnerable:

Discussion

Multiple Symantec Altiris Products 'RunCmd()' ActiveX Control Buffer Overflow Vulnerability

Symantec Altiris Notification Server, Symantec Management Platform, and Altiris Deployment Solution are prone to a buffer-overflow vulnerability because the applications' web console uses an ActiveX control provided by 'AeXNSConsoleUtilities.dll' that fails to properly validate user-supplied input.

An attacker can exploit this issue to execute arbitrary code in the context of the application using the ActiveX control (typically Internet Explorer). Failed attacks will likely cause denial-of-service conditions.

Exploit / POC

Multiple Symantec Altiris Products 'RunCmd()' ActiveX Control Buffer Overflow Vulnerability

A working commercial exploit is available through VUPEN Security - Exploit and PoCs Service. This exploit is not otherwise publicly available or known to be circulating in the wild.

A Metasploit exploit module is available:

Solution / Fix

Multiple Symantec Altiris Products 'RunCmd()' ActiveX Control Buffer Overflow Vulnerability

Solution:
Updates are available. Please see the references for details.


Symantec Altiris Notification Server 6.0 SP3 R7

Symantec Altiris Notification Server 6.0

Symantec Management Platform 7.0

Symantec Altiris Deployment Solution 6.9 SP2 build 375

Symantec Altiris Deployment Solution 6.9 SP1

Symantec Altiris Notification Server 6.0 SP1

Symantec Management Platform 7.0 SP1

Symantec Altiris Notification Server 6.0 SP2

Symantec Altiris Deployment Solution 6.9

Symantec Altiris Notification Server 6.0 SP3

Symantec Altiris Deployment Solution 6.9 SP3 Build 430

Symantec Altiris Deployment Solution 6.9.164

Symantec Altiris Deployment Solution 6.9.176

Symantec Altiris Deployment Solution 6.9.355

Symantec Altiris Deployment Solution 6.9.355 SP1

References

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