Symantec Automated Support Tool ActiveX buffer overflow
| symantec-support-tool-activex-bo (29363) |  High Risk |
Description:
Multiple Symantec products using the Automated Support Tool ActiveX control are vulnerable to a stack-based buffer overflow, caused by improper handling of malformed arguments. By hosting a malicious link on a Web site within an authorized domain, a remote attacker could overflow a buffer and execute arbitrary code on the victim's system, if the attacker could persuade the victim to visit the site and follow the malicious link.
NOTE: The Automated Support Tool ActiveX control could be installed on systems by support personnel to detect problems on computers running any supported Symantec consumer product. Affected products listed are those that install the Automated Support Tool ActiveX control during the installation process.
*CVSS:
| Base Score: | 8 |
| Access Vector: | Remote |
| Access Complexity: | High |
| Authentication: | Not Required |
| Confidentiality Impact: | Complete |
| Integrity Impact: | Complete |
| Availability Impact: | Complete |
| Temporal Score: | 5.9 |
| Exploitability: | Unproven |
| Remediation Level: | Official-Fix |
| Report Confidence: | Confirmed |
Consequences:
Gain Access
Remedy:
Refer to Symantec Advisory SYM06-019 for patch, upgrade, or suggested workaround information. See References.
References:
- SYM06-019 : Symantec Automated Support Assistant: Vulnerabilities in Support Tool ActiveX Control .
- BID-20348: Symantec Automated Support Assistant ActiveX Control Buffer Overflow Vulnerability
- CVE-2006-5403: Stack-based buffer overflow in an ActiveX control used in Symantec Automated Support Assistant, as used in Norton AntiVirus, Internet Security, and System Works 2005 and 2006, allows user-assisted remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) and possibly execute arbitrary code via unspecified vectors.
- SA22228: Symantec Support Tool ActiveX Control Vulnerabilities
- SECTRACK ID: 1016988: Symantec Automated Support Assistant Active X Control Stack Overflow Lets Remote Users Execute Arbitrary Code
- SECTRACK ID: 1016989: Symantec Norton System Works Active X Control Stack Overflow Lets Remote Users Execute Arbitrary Code
- SECTRACK ID: 1016990: Symantec Norton Internet Security Active X Control Stack Overflow Lets Remote Users Execute Arbitrary Code
- SECTRACK ID: 1016991: Symantec Norton Anti-Virus Active X Control Stack Overflow Lets Remote Users Execute Arbitrary Code
- US-CERT VU#400601: Symantec Automated Support Assistant ActiveX control buffer overflow
- VUPEN/ADV-2006-3929: Symantec Automated Support Tool ActiveX Control Multiple Remote Vulnerabilities
Platforms Affected:
- Symantec Automated Support Assistant
- Symantec Norton AntiVirus 2005
- Symantec Norton AntiVirus 2006
- Symantec Norton Internet Security 2005
- Symantec Norton Internet Security 2006
- Symantec Norton System Works 2005
- Symantec Norton System Works 2006
Reported:
Oct 05, 2006
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