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\nFoofus.net Security Advisory: foofus-20100726
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\nTitle:\t\tSymantec Antivirus Corporate Edition AMS Intel Alert Handler
\nVersion:\t10.1.8.8000 and earlier
\nVendor:\t\tSymantec
\nRelease Date:\t26.07.2010
\nIssue Status:\tReported To Vendor on 01\/06\/2010
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1. Summary:<\/p>\n
Alert Management Service (AMS2) is a service used to setup, manage and report
\nalerts within legacy Symantec Antivirus Corporate Edition products. <\/p>\n
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2. Description:<\/p>\n
The Intel Alert Handler service (hndlrsvc.exe) provides alert setup and response
\ncapabilities to AMS2. A design error in Symantec’s implementation of this function
\nallows an attacker who can establish a TCP connection to port 38292, on a vulnerable
\nhost to execute commands at system level on that host.<\/p>\n
No special exploit code is needed to carry out this attack, by leveraging the AMS
\nserver console tool an attacker can setup an alert response to run a command on a
\nvulnerable system without authenticating. The AMS server console can also be used
\nto remotely trigger the alert causing the command to execute at system level.<\/p>\n
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3. Impact:<\/p>\n
Exploiting this allows an adversary to execute code on a vulnerable system with out
\nauthenticating<\/p>\n
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4. Affected Products:<\/p>\n
All version of Symantec SAVCE with AMS server installed, or Symantec System Center
\nConsole with AMS plugin installed are vulnerable to this exploit.<\/p>\n
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5. Solution:<\/p>\n
a. Uninstall Symantec System Center. It is advised that any system vulnerable to
\n this exploit have all Symantec products uninstalled and reinstalled. Uninstalling
\n the AMS plugin from an affected installation will not remove the vulnerability.
\n b. Uninstall AMS server
\n c. Disable Alert Handler (hndlrsvc.exe) service
\n d. Also upgrade to the latest version of Symantec Endpoint Protection<\/p>\n
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6) Time Table:<\/p>\n
01\/06\/2010 Reported Vulnerability to Vendor.
\n01\/11\/2010 Vendor acknowledged Receiving report
\n01\/12\/2010 Vendor Tried to convince me that this was AFR.exe issue
\n07\/26\/2010 Publishes Advisory<\/p>\n
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7) Credits: Discovered by SPIDER <\/p>\n
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8. Reference:<\/p>\n
http:\/\/www.foofus.net\/?page_id=149<\/p>\n
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