Symantec Enterprise Security Manager/Agent CVE-2012-4350 Local Privilege Escalation Vulnerability

BID:56915

Info

Symantec Enterprise Security Manager/Agent CVE-2012-4350 Local Privilege Escalation Vulnerability

Bugtraq ID: 56915
Class: Unknown
CVE: CVE-2012-4350
Remote: No
Local: Yes
Published: Dec 13 2012 12:00AM
Updated: Dec 14 2012 07:50AM
Credit: Gavin Jones with NCC Group Ltd
Vulnerable: Symantec Enterprise Security Manager 10.0.274
Symantec Enterprise Security Manager 9.0.325
Symantec Enterprise Security Manager 6.5.3
Symantec Enterprise Security Manager 6.5.2
Symantec Enterprise Security Manager 6.5.1
Symantec Enterprise Security Manager 5.5.3
Symantec Enterprise Security Manager 6.5
Symantec Enterprise Security Manager 6.0
Not Vulnerable:

Discussion

Symantec Enterprise Security Manager/Agent CVE-2012-4350 Local Privilege Escalation Vulnerability

Symantec Enterprise Security Manager and Manager Agent are prone to a local privilege-escalation vulnerability.

An attacker can exploit this issue to execute arbitrary code with elevated privileges.

Exploit / POC

Symantec Enterprise Security Manager/Agent CVE-2012-4350 Local Privilege Escalation Vulnerability

An attacker can use readily available tools to exploit this issue.

Solution / Fix

Symantec Enterprise Security Manager/Agent CVE-2012-4350 Local Privilege Escalation Vulnerability

Solution:
The vendor has released an update. Please see the references for details.

References

Symantec Enterprise Security Manager/Agent CVE-2012-4350 Local Privilege Escalation Vulnerability

References:

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