Description
Multiple stack-based buffer overflows in IAO.EXE in the Intel Alert Originator Service 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, allow remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via (1) a crafted packet or (2) data that ostensibly arrives from the MsgSys.exe process.
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 Alert Management System Intel Alert Originator Service Buffer Overflow
exploit/windows/antivirus/symantec_iao
Exploit-DB 1
- Symantec Alert Management System Intel Alert Originator Service - Remote Buffer Overflow (Metasploit) EDB-16826 · remote · May 13, 2010 · 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
- 20090428 ZDI-09-018: Symantec Client Security Alert Originator Service Stack Overflow Vulnerability mailing-list
- 1022130 vdb-entry
- 34674 vdb-entry
- symantec-msgsys-bo(50178) vdb-entry
- 34672 vdb-entry
- http://www.symantec.com/security_response/securityupdates/detail.jsp?fid=security_advisory&pvid=security_advisory&year=2009&suid=20090428_02
- symantec-iao-bo(50177) vdb-entry
- 34856 third-party-advisory
- 1022131 vdb-entry
- http://www.zerodayinitiative.com/advisories/ZDI-09-018/