Description
The DNS proxy (DNSd) for multiple Symantec Gateway Security products allows remote attackers to poison the DNS cache via a malicious DNS server query response that contains authoritative or additional records.
Public exploits
Exploit or proof-of-concept code for this vulnerability is publicly available, which lowers the bar for attackers. Treat it as a reason to patch sooner.
Third-party code, not reviewed by us. Public PoCs are sometimes fake or contain malware. Read the code first and run it only in an isolated lab, against systems you are authorised to test.
Exploit-DB 1
- Symantec Enterprise Firewall 7.0/8.0 - DNSD DNS Cache Poisoning EDB-24218 · remote · Jun 15, 2004 · verified
Sources: PoC-in-GitHub, Metasploit Framework, Exploit-DB — updated daily. Only links are listed; no exploit code is hosted here.
References
- 20040615 Symantec Enterprise Firewall DNSD cache poisoning Vulnerability mailing-list
- 10557 vdb-entry
- 11888 third-party-advisory
- http://securityresponse.symantec.com/avcenter/security/Content/2004.06.21.html