Symantec LiveUpdate execution path environment privilege escalation
| liveupdate-exepath-env-privilege-escalation (25839) |  Medium Risk |
Description:
Symantec LiveUpdate for Macintosh could allow a local attacker to gain elevated privileges on the system, caused by a failure to set the execution path environment by certain components. A local attacker could exploit this vulnerability to execute malicious programs on the system with System Administrative privileges.
Note: This vulnerability also affects Norton AntiVirus, Symantec Antivirus, Norton Personal Firewall, Norton Internet Security, Norton Utilities, and Norton SystemWorks for Macintosh, which all use an affected version of LiveUpdate.
Platforms Affected:
- Symantec, AntiVirus 10.0 Macintosh
- Symantec, LiveUpdate 3.0 Macintosh
- Symantec, LiveUpdate 3.0.1 Macintosh
- Symantec, LiveUpdate 3.0.2 Macintosh
- Symantec, LiveUpdate 3.0.3 Macintosh
- Symantec, LiveUpdate 3.5
- Symantec, Norton AntiVirus 10.0.0 Macintosh
- Symantec, Norton AntiVirus 10.0.1 Macintosh
- Symantec, Norton AntiVirus 10.9.1 Macintosh
- Symantec, Norton AntiVirus 9.0.0 Macintosh
- Symantec, Norton AntiVirus 9.0.1 Macintosh
- Symantec, Norton AntiVirus 9.0.2 Macintosh
- Symantec, Norton AntiVirus 9.0.3 Macintosh
- Symantec, Norton Internet Security 3.0 Macintosh
- Symantec, Norton Personal Firewall 3.0 Macintosh
- Symantec, Norton Personal Firewall 3.1 Macintosh
- Symantec, Norton System Works 3.0 Macintosh
- Symantec, Norton Utilities 8.0 Macintosh
Remedy:
Install the patch for this vulnerability, available through Symantec LiveUpdate. Refer to Symantec Security Advisory SYM06-007 for more information. See References.
Consequences:
Gain Privileges
References:
- Symantec Security Advisory SYM06-007 , Symantec LiveUpdate for Macintosh Local Privilege Escalation at http://securityresponse.symantec.com/avcenter/security/Content/2006.04.17b.html.
- BID-17571: Symantec LiveUpdate for Macintosh Local Privilege Escalation Vulnerability
- CVE-2006-1836: Untrusted search path vulnerability in unspecified components in Symantec LiveUpdate for Macintosh 3.0.0 through 3.5.0 do not set the execution path, which allows local users to gain privileges via a Trojan horse program.
- SECTRACK ID: 1015953: Symantec LiveUpdate for Macintosh Missing Path Specification Lets Local Users Gain Elevated Privileges
- VUPEN/ADV-2006-1386: Symantec LiveUpdate for Macintosh Local Privilege Escalation Vulnerability
Reported:
Apr 17, 2006
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