Description
Buffer overflow in the RunCmd method in the Altiris eXpress NS Console Utilities ActiveX control in AeXNSConsoleUtilities.dll in the web console in Symantec Altiris Deployment Solution 6.9.x, Altiris Notification Server 6.0.x, and Management Platform 7.0.x 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 Altiris Deployment Solution ActiveX Control Buffer Overflow
exploit/windows/browser/symantec_altirisdeployment_runcmd
Exploit-DB 1
- Symantec Altiris Deployment Solution - ActiveX Control Buffer Overflow (Metasploit) EDB-16528 · remote · May 9, 2010 · verified
Sources: PoC-in-GitHub, Metasploit Framework, Exploit-DB — updated daily. Only links are listed; no exploit code is hosted here.
References
- 37092 vdb-entry
- ADV-2009-3328 vdb-entry
- symantec-console-utilities-bo(54415) vdb-entry
- https://kb.altiris.com/article.asp?article=50072&p=1
- https://kb.altiris.com/article.asp?article=50279&p=1
- http://www.symantec.com/security_response/securityupdates/detail.jsp?fid=security_advisory&pvid=security_advisory&year=2009&suid=20091124_00
- 60496 vdb-entry