Symantec Scan Engine unauthorized administrative access
| sse-unauth-admin-access (25972) |  Medium Risk |
Description:
Symantec Scan Engine could allow a remote attacker to gain unauthorized administrative access to the Web administrative interface, caused by a design error in the authentication mechanism in which password verification is performed by a client-side applet. By sending a specially-crafted request to TCP port 8004 or 8005 a remote attacker could bypass authentication and gain administrative access to the Scan Engine server.
Consequences:
Bypass Security
Remedy:
Upgrade to the latest version of Symantec Scan Engine (5.1 or later), as listed in Symantec Security Advisory SYM06-008. See References.
References:
- Rapid7, LLC Security Advisory R7-0021: Symantec Scan Engine Authentication Fundamental Design Error.
- Symantec Security Advisory SYM06-008: Symantec Scan Engine Multiple Vulnerabilities.
- BID-17637: Symantec AntiVirus Scan Engine Multiple Remote Vulnerabilities
- CVE-2006-0230: Symantec Scan Engine 5.0.0.24, and possibly other versions before 5.1.0.7, uses a client-side check to verify a password, which allows remote attackers to gain administrator privileges via a modified client that sends certain XML requests.
- SA19734: Symantec Scan Engine Multiple Vulnerabilities
- US-CERT VU#118388: Symantec Scan Engine fails to properly perform authentication
- VUPEN/ADV-2006-1464: Symantec Scan Engine Authentication Bypass and Information Disclosure Issues
Platforms Affected:
- RedHat Enterprise Linux 2.1 AS
- RedHat Enterprise Linux 2.1 ES
- RedHat Enterprise Linux 3 AS
- RedHat Enterprise Linux 3 ES
- RedHat Linux 9.0
- Sun Solaris 10 SPARC
- Sun Solaris 8 SPARC
- Sun Solaris 9 SPARC
- SuSE SuSE SLES 9
- Symantec Scan Engine 5.0.0.24
Reported:
Apr 21, 2006
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