Symantec Discovery Discovery directory privilege escalation
| symantec-discovery-privilege-escalation (35563) |  Medium Risk |
Description:
Symantec Discovery could allow a local attacker to gain elevated privileges on the system, caused by insecure permissions on the Discovery directory. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability to modify or create files and gain elevated privileges.
Platforms Affected:
- Symantec, Discovery 6.5
Remedy:
No remedy available as of November 29, 2008.
Consequences:
Gain Privileges
References:
- Secunia Research Advisory 2007-59, Symantec Discovery Insecure File Permissions at http://secunia.com/secunia_research/2007-59/advisory.
- Symantec Discovery Web site, Symantec Discovery: Overview - Symantec Corp. at http://www.symantec.com/enterprise/products/overview.jsp?pcid=1025&pvid=923_1.
- BID-25000: Discovery and Asset Manager Local Privilege Escalation Vulnerability
- CVE-2007-2950: Centennial Discovery 2006 Feature Pack 1, which is used by (1) Numara Asset Manager 8.0 and (2) Symantec Discovery 6.5, uses insecure permissions on certain directories, which allows local users to gain privileges.
- FrSIRT/ADV-2007-2599: Centennial Discovery Insecure File Permissions Local Privilege Escalation Issue
- FrSIRT/ADV-2007-2600: Symantec Discovery Insecure File Permissions Local Privilege Escalation Issue
- FrSIRT/ADV-2007-2603: Numara Asset Manager Insecure File Permissions Local Privilege Escalation Issue
- SA25354: Centennial Discovery Insecure File Permissions
- SA25374: Symantec Discovery Insecure File Permissions
- SA25379: Numara Asset Manager Insecure File Permissions
Reported:
Jul 23, 2007
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