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Symantec SAVCE RTVScan Component Local Privilege Escalation (SYM07-017)

medium Nessus Plugin ID 25734

Synopsis

The remote host contains a program that is affected by a local privilege escalation vulnerability.

Description

The remote installation of Symantec Antivirus Corporate Edition (SAVCE) or Symantec Client Security contains a flaw in the Real-Time scanner (RTVScan) component because it fails to drop its privileges with in a threat notification window. A local attacker may be able to leverage this flaw to elevate his privileges to SYSTEM level and gain complete control of the affected system.

Note that successful exploitation requires that the Notification Message window be enabled.

Solution

SAVCE product branch 9.0 should be be upgraded to 9.0.6.1100 or better. SAVCE product branch 10.0 & 10.1 should be upgraded to 10.1.4.4010 or better.

See Also

https://support.symantec.com/en_US/article.SYMSA1127.html

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 25734

File Name: savce_local_priv_escalation.nasl

Version: 1.15

Type: local

Agent: windows

Family: Windows

Published: 7/19/2007

Updated: 11/15/2018

Supported Sensors: Nessus Agent, Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 5.9

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 6

Temporal Score: 4.4

Vector: CVSS2#AV:L/AC:H/Au:S/C:C/I:C/A:C

Vulnerability Information

Required KB Items: Antivirus/SAVCE/version

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Vulnerability Publication Date: 7/12/2007

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2007-3800

BID: 24810