Description
Stack-based buffer overflow in the BrowseAndSaveFile method in the Altiris eXpress NS ConsoleUtilities ActiveX control 6.0.0.1846 in AeXNSConsoleUtilities.dll in Symantec Altiris Notification Server (NS) 6.0 before R12, Deployment Server 6.8 and 6.9 in Symantec Altiris Deployment Solution 6.9 SP3, and Symantec Management Platform (SMP) 7.0 before SP3 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a long string in the second argument.
Public exploits
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Metasploit 1 module
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Symantec ConsoleUtilities ActiveX Control Buffer Overflow
exploit/windows/browser/symantec_consoleutilities_browseandsavefile
Exploit-DB 2
- Symantec ConsoleUtilities - ActiveX Control Buffer Overflow (Metasploit) EDB-16613 · remote · Nov 11, 2010 · verified
- Symantec ConsoleUtilities - ActiveX Buffer Overflow (Metasploit) EDB-9853 · remote · Nov 2, 2009 · verified
Sources: PoC-in-GitHub, Metasploit Framework, Exploit-DB — updated daily. Only links are listed; no exploit code is hosted here.
References
- http://sotiriu.de/adv/NSOADV-2009-001.txt
- 36698 vdb-entry
- ADV-2009-3117 vdb-entry
- http://www.symantec.com/security_response/securityupdates/detail.jsp?fid=security_advisory&pvid=security_advisory&year=2009&suid=20091102_00
- 20091102 NSOADV-2009-001: Symantec ConsoleUtilities ActiveX Control Buffer Overflow mailing-list
- https://kb.altiris.com/article.asp?article=49568&p=1
- https://kb.altiris.com/article.asp?article=49389&p=1