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Symantec Deployment Solution AClient <= 6.9 Buffer Overflow

high Nessus Plugin ID 81600

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Synopsis

The remote host has an application that is affected by a buffer overflow vulnerability.

Description

The Symantec Deployment Solution AClient installed on the remote host is version 6.9 or prior. It is, therefore, affected by a buffer overflow vulnerability that is triggered when handling an IOCTL. A local attacker can exploit this to gain elevated privileges.

Solution

Disable AClient and use DAgent instead.

See Also

http://www.nessus.org/u?9f646397

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 81600

File Name: symantec_ds_aclient_6_9.nasl

Version: 1.6

Type: local

Agent: windows

Family: Windows

Published: 3/3/2015

Updated: 11/22/2019

Supported Sensors: Nessus Agent, Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 6.7

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.2

Temporal Score: 5.6

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2014-7286

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:/a:symantec:deployment_solution

Required KB Items: SMB/Registry/Enumerated, SMB/WindowsVersion, installed_sw/Symantec Deployment Solution Client

Exploit Available: true

Exploit Ease: Exploits are available

Vulnerability Publication Date: 12/19/2014

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2014-7286

BID: 71727