Description
The Intel LANDesk Common Base Agent (CBA) in Symantec Alert Management System 2 (AMS2), as used in Symantec System Center (SSS); Symantec AntiVirus Server; Symantec AntiVirus Central Quarantine Server; Symantec AntiVirus (SAV) Corporate Edition 9 before 9.0 MR7, 10.0 and 10.1 before 10.1 MR8, and 10.2 before 10.2 MR2; Symantec Client Security (SCS) 2 before 2.0 MR7 and 3 before 3.1 MR8; and Symantec Endpoint Protection (SEP) before 11.0 MR3, allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary commands via a crafted packet whose contents are interpreted as a command to be launched in a new process by the CreateProcessA function.
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.
Metasploit 1 module
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Symantec System Center Alert Management System (xfr.exe) Arbitrary Command Execution
exploit/windows/antivirus/ams_xfr
Exploit-DB 2
- Symantec System Center Alert Management System - 'xfr.exe' Arbitrary Command Execution (Metasploit) EDB-17699 · remote · Aug 19, 2011 · verified
- Symantec (Multiple Products) - Intel Common Base Agent Remote Command Execution EDB-10340 · remote · Apr 28, 2009 · verified
Sources: PoC-in-GitHub, Metasploit Framework, Exploit-DB — updated daily. Only links are listed; no exploit code is hosted here.
References
- ADV-2009-1204 vdb-entry
- 1022132 vdb-entry
- 1022130 vdb-entry
- symantec-cba-command-execution(50176) vdb-entry
- 34671 vdb-entry
- http://www.symantec.com/security_response/securityupdates/detail.jsp?fid=security_advisory&pvid=security_advisory&year=2009&suid=20090428_02
- 34856 third-party-advisory
- 54157 vdb-entry
- 1022131 vdb-entry
- 8346 third-party-advisory