Symantec Norton ISLALERT.DLL ActiveX control buffer overflow
| symantec-islalert-bo (34328) |  High Risk |
Description:
Symantec Norton Personal Firewall and Norton Internet Security are vulnerable to a buffer overflow, caused by improper bounds checking by the ISLALERT.DLL ActiveX control. By persuading a victim to visit a specially-crafted Web page that passes specially-crafted arguments to the Get() and Set() functions, a remote attacker could overflow a buffer and execute arbitrary code on the system or cause the victim's browser to crash.
*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:
Install the patch for this vulnerability, available through Symantec LiveUpdate. Refer to SYM07-007 for more information. See References.
References:
- SYM07-007 : Symantec Norton Personal Firewall 2004 ActiveX Control Buffer Overflow.
- BID-23936: Symantec Norton Personal Firewall 2004 ActiveX Control Buffer Overflow Vulnerability
- CVE-2007-1689: Buffer overflow in the ISAlertDataCOM ActiveX control in ISLALERT.DLL for Norton Personal Firewall 2004 and Internet Security 2004 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via long arguments to the (1) Get and (2) Set functions.
- SA25290: Norton Personal Firewall ISAlertDataCOM ActiveX Control Buffer Overflow
- SECTRACK ID: 1018073: Norton Personal Firewall Buffer Overflow in ISAlertDataCOM ActiveX Control Lets Remote Users Execute Arbitrary Code
- US-CERT VU#983953: Symantec Norton Internet Security 2004 ISAlertDataCOM ActiveX control stack buffer overflow
- VUPEN/ADV-2007-1843: Symantec Norton Personal Firewall ActiveX Control Remote Buffer Overflow Vulnerability
Platforms Affected:
- Symantec Norton Internet Security 2004
- Symantec Norton Personal Firewall 2004
Reported:
May 16, 2007
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