Description
Symantec LiveUpdate before 1.6 does not use cryptography to ensure the integrity of download files, which allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via DNS spoofing of the update.symantec.com site.
References
- 20011005 Symantec LiveUpdate attacks mailing-list
- 3403 vdb-entry
- http://www.sarc.com/avcenter/security/Content/2001.10.05.html
- liveupdate-host-verification(7235) vdb-entry