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ID

VAR-200510-0260


CVE

CVE-2005-3270


TITLE

Symantec LiveUpdate for Macintosh Local privilege elevation vulnerability

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sources: CNNVD: CNNVD-200510-155

DESCRIPTION

Untrusted search path vulnerability in DiskMountNotify for Symantec Norton AntiVirus 9.0.3 allows local users to gain privileges by modifying the PATH to reference a malicious (1) ps or (2) grep file. TITLE: Symantec Norton AntiVirus / LiveUpdate for Macintosh Privilege Escalation SECUNIA ADVISORY ID: SA17268 VERIFY ADVISORY: http://secunia.com/advisories/17268/ CRITICAL: Less critical IMPACT: Privilege escalation WHERE: Local system SOFTWARE: Symantec Norton Utilities for Macintosh 8.x http://secunia.com/product/5953/ Symantec LiveUpdate for Macintosh 3.x http://secunia.com/product/5954/ Symantec Norton AntiVirus for Macintosh 10.x http://secunia.com/product/5949/ Symantec Norton AntiVirus for Macintosh 9.x http://secunia.com/product/5948/ Symantec Norton Internet Security for Macintosh 3.x http://secunia.com/product/5951/ Symantec Norton Personal Firewall for Macintosh 3.x http://secunia.com/product/5950/ Symantec Norton SystemWorks for Macintosh 3.x http://secunia.com/product/5952/ DESCRIPTION: Some vulnerabilities have been reported in Symantec Norton AntiVirus for Macintosh and Symantec LiveUpdate for Macintosh, which can be exploited by malicious, local users to gain escalated privileges. 1) The suid "DiskMountNotify" component of Symantec Norton AntiVirus for Macintosh fails to set its execution path environment. This may be exploited by malicious users to execute arbitrary commands with System Administrative privileges by modifying the execution path that the component uses to locate system commands. The vulnerability has been reported in the following versions : * version 9.0.0, 9.0.1 * version 9.0.2 (English, Japanese) * version 9.0.2 Build 5 (French, German, Italian) * version 9.0.3 (English, Japanese) * version 10.0.0, 10.0.1 2) The LiveUpdate component uses a suid command-line application to interface with the Java interpreter. This can be exploited by malicious users to execute arbitrary Java code with System Administrative privileges using the interface application. The vulnerability has been reported in the following products: * LiveUpdate for Macintosh versions 3.0.0, 3.0.1 and 3.0.2 * LiveUpdate for Macintosh version 3.0.3 Build 5 (English) * LiveUpdate for Macintosh version 3.0.3 Build 11, 3.5.0 Build 47 * Norton AntiVirus 9.0.x, 10.0.0, 10.0.1 * Norton Personal Firewall 3.0.x, 3.1.0 * Norton Internet Security 3.0.x * Norton Utilities 8.0.x * Norton SystemWorks 3.0.x SOLUTION: Update to the latest version via Live Update. PROVIDED AND/OR DISCOVERED BY: The vendor credits iDEFENSE. ORIGINAL ADVISORY: http://securityresponse.symantec.com/avcenter/security/Content/2005.10.19.html http://securityresponse.symantec.com/avcenter/security/Content/2005.10.19a.html ---------------------------------------------------------------------- About: This Advisory was delivered by Secunia as a free service to help everybody keeping their systems up to date against the latest vulnerabilities. Subscribe: http://secunia.com/secunia_security_advisories/ Definitions: (Criticality, Where etc.) http://secunia.com/about_secunia_advisories/ Please Note: Secunia recommends that you verify all advisories you receive by clicking the link. Secunia NEVER sends attached files with advisories. Secunia does not advise people to install third party patches, only use those supplied by the vendor. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Unsubscribe: Secunia Security Advisories http://secunia.com/sec_adv_unsubscribe/?email=packet%40packetstormsecurity.org ----------------------------------------------------------------------

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sources: NVD: CVE-2005-3270 // VULHUB: VHN-14479 // PACKETSTORM: 40811

AFFECTED PRODUCTS

vendor:symantecmodel:norton antivirusscope:eqversion:9.0.3

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sources: CNNVD: CNNVD-200510-155 // NVD: CVE-2005-3270

CVSS

SEVERITY

CVSSV2

CVSSV3

nvd@nist.gov: CVE-2005-3270
value: HIGH

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CNNVD: CNNVD-200510-155
value: HIGH

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VULHUB: VHN-14479
value: HIGH

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nvd@nist.gov: CVE-2005-3270
severity: HIGH
baseScore: 7.2
vectorString: AV:L/AC:L/AU:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
accessVector: LOCAL
accessComplexity: LOW
authentication: NONE
confidentialityImpact: COMPLETE
integrityImpact: COMPLETE
availabilityImpact: COMPLETE
exploitabilityScore: 3.9
impactScore: 10.0
acInsufInfo: NONE
obtainAllPrivilege: NONE
obtainUserPrivilege: NONE
obtainOtherPrivilege: NONE
userInteractionRequired: NONE
version: 2.0

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VULHUB: VHN-14479
severity: HIGH
baseScore: 7.2
vectorString: AV:L/AC:L/AU:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
accessVector: LOCAL
accessComplexity: LOW
authentication: NONE
confidentialityImpact: COMPLETE
integrityImpact: COMPLETE
availabilityImpact: COMPLETE
exploitabilityScore: 3.9
impactScore: 10.0
acInsufInfo: NONE
obtainAllPrivilege: NONE
obtainUserPrivilege: NONE
obtainOtherPrivilege: NONE
userInteractionRequired: NONE
version: 2.0

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sources: VULHUB: VHN-14479 // CNNVD: CNNVD-200510-155 // NVD: CVE-2005-3270

PROBLEMTYPE DATA

problemtype:NVD-CWE-Other

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sources: NVD: CVE-2005-3270

THREAT TYPE

local

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sources: PACKETSTORM: 40811 // CNNVD: CNNVD-200510-155

TYPE

input validation

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sources: CNNVD: CNNVD-200510-155

EXTERNAL IDS

db:SECUNIAid:17268

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db:NVDid:CVE-2005-3270

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db:BIDid:15142

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db:BIDid:15143

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db:SECTRACKid:1015084

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db:CNNVDid:CNNVD-200510-155

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db:IDEFENSEid:20051020 SYMANTEC NORTON ANTIVIRUS DISKMOUNTNOTIFY LOCAL PRIVILEGE ESCALATION

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db:VULHUBid:VHN-14479

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db:PACKETSTORMid:40811

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sources: VULHUB: VHN-14479 // PACKETSTORM: 40811 // CNNVD: CNNVD-200510-155 // NVD: CVE-2005-3270

REFERENCES

url:http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/15142

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url:http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/15143

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url:http://securitytracker.com/id?1015084

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url:http://secunia.com/advisories/17268

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url:http://www.idefense.com/application/poi/display?id=325&type=vulnerabilities

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url:http://www.idefense.com/application/poi/display?id=325&type=vulnerabilities

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url:http://secunia.com/product/5953/

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url:http://secunia.com/advisories/17268/

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url:http://secunia.com/product/5950/

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url:http://securityresponse.symantec.com/avcenter/security/content/2005.10.19a.html

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url:http://secunia.com/product/5951/

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url:http://secunia.com/secunia_security_advisories/

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url:http://securityresponse.symantec.com/avcenter/security/content/2005.10.19.html

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url:http://secunia.com/product/5954/

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url:http://secunia.com/product/5952/

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url:http://secunia.com/product/5949/

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url:http://secunia.com/sec_adv_unsubscribe/?email=packet%40packetstormsecurity.org

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url:http://secunia.com/about_secunia_advisories/

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url:http://secunia.com/product/5948/

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sources: VULHUB: VHN-14479 // PACKETSTORM: 40811 // CNNVD: CNNVD-200510-155 // NVD: CVE-2005-3270

CREDITS

Discovery is credited to DigitalMunition.com.

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sources: CNNVD: CNNVD-200510-155

SOURCES

db:VULHUBid:VHN-14479
db:PACKETSTORMid:40811
db:CNNVDid:CNNVD-200510-155
db:NVDid:CVE-2005-3270

LAST UPDATE DATE

2024-08-14T14:22:54.740000+00:00


SOURCES UPDATE DATE

db:VULHUBid:VHN-14479date:2008-09-05T00:00:00
db:CNNVDid:CNNVD-200510-155date:2005-10-21T00:00:00
db:NVDid:CVE-2005-3270date:2008-09-05T20:53:54.920

SOURCES RELEASE DATE

db:VULHUBid:VHN-14479date:2005-10-21T00:00:00
db:PACKETSTORMid:40811date:2005-10-21T17:57:17
db:CNNVDid:CNNVD-200510-155date:2005-10-20T00:00:00
db:NVDid:CVE-2005-3270date:2005-10-21T01:02:00