Vulnerabilities > CVE-2009-1430 - Improper Restriction of Operations Within the Bounds of A Memory Buffer vulnerability in Symantec products

047910
CVSS 9.3 - CRITICAL
Attack vector
NETWORK
Attack complexity
MEDIUM
Privileges required
NONE
Confidentiality impact
COMPLETE
Integrity impact
COMPLETE
Availability impact
COMPLETE
network
symantec
CWE-119
critical
nessus
exploit available
metasploit
NVD
Published: 2009-04-29
Updated: 2018-10-10

Summary

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.

Vulnerable Configurations

Part Description Count
Application
Symantec
119

Common Weakness Enumeration (CWE)

Common Attack Pattern Enumeration and Classification (CAPEC)

  • Buffer Overflow via Environment Variables
    This attack pattern involves causing a buffer overflow through manipulation of environment variables. Once the attacker finds that they can modify an environment variable, they may try to overflow associated buffers. This attack leverages implicit trust often placed in environment variables.
  • Overflow Buffers
    Buffer Overflow attacks target improper or missing bounds checking on buffer operations, typically triggered by input injected by an attacker. As a consequence, an attacker is able to write past the boundaries of allocated buffer regions in memory, causing a program crash or potentially redirection of execution as per the attackers' choice.
  • Client-side Injection-induced Buffer Overflow
    This type of attack exploits a buffer overflow vulnerability in targeted client software through injection of malicious content from a custom-built hostile service.
  • Filter Failure through Buffer Overflow
    In this attack, the idea is to cause an active filter to fail by causing an oversized transaction. An attacker may try to feed overly long input strings to the program in an attempt to overwhelm the filter (by causing a buffer overflow) and hoping that the filter does not fail securely (i.e. the user input is let into the system unfiltered).
  • MIME Conversion
    An attacker exploits a weakness in the MIME conversion routine to cause a buffer overflow and gain control over the mail server machine. The MIME system is designed to allow various different information formats to be interpreted and sent via e-mail. Attack points exist when data are converted to MIME compatible format and back.

Exploit-Db

descriptionSymantec Alert Management System Intel Alert Originator Service Buffer Overflow. CVE-2009-1430. Remote exploit for windows platform
idEDB-ID:16826
last seen2016-02-02
modified2010-05-13
published2010-05-13
reportermetasploit
sourcehttps://www.exploit-db.com/download/16826/
titleSymantec Alert Management System Intel Alert Originator Service Buffer Overflow

Metasploit

descriptionThis module exploits a stack buffer overflow in Intel Alert Originator Service msgsys.exe. When an attacker sends a specially crafted alert, arbitrary code may be executed.
idMSF:EXPLOIT/WINDOWS/ANTIVIRUS/SYMANTEC_IAO
last seen2020-06-04
modified2017-07-24
published2009-10-12
referenceshttps://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2009-1430
reporterRapid7
sourcehttps://github.com/rapid7/metasploit-framework/blob/master//modules/exploits/windows/antivirus/symantec_iao.rb
titleSymantec Alert Management System Intel Alert Originator Service Buffer Overflow

Nessus

NASL familyWindows
NASL idSYMANTEC_AMS2_MULTIPLE_OVERFLOWS.NASL
descriptionAlert Management System 2 (AMS2), an optional component included with multiple Symantec products, is installed on the remote Windows host. Versions prior to build 150 are affected by multiple stack-based buffer overflow conditions. A remote attacker can exploit these issues to crash the service or execute arbitrary code as SYSTEM.
last seen2020-06-01
modified2020-06-02
plugin id44959
published2010-03-02
reporterThis script is Copyright (C) 2010-2018 Tenable Network Security, Inc.
sourcehttps://www.tenable.com/plugins/nessus/44959
titleSymantec Alert Management System 2 RCE (SYM09-007)

Packetstorm

data sourcehttps://packetstormsecurity.com/files/download/83220/symantec_iao.rb.txt
idPACKETSTORM:83220
last seen2016-12-05
published2009-11-26
reporterMC
sourcehttps://packetstormsecurity.com/files/83220/Symantec-Alert-Management-System-Intel-Alert-Originator-Service-Buffer-Overflow.html
titleSymantec Alert Management System Intel Alert Originator Service Buffer Overflow

Saint

bid34674
descriptionSymantec Alert Management System Intel Alert Originator Service msgsys.exe buffer overflow
idmisc_av_symantec_alertbo
osvdb54159
titlesymantec_ams_iao_msgsys
typeremote

Seebug

bulletinFamilyexploit
descriptionBUGTRAQ ID: 34672,34674 CVE(CAN) ID: CVE-2009-1430 Symantec AntiVirus是非常流行的杀毒解决方案。 Symantec杀毒软件中的Intel Alert Originator服务（IAO.EXE）没有正确地验证通过memcpy()调用发送给栈缓冲区的数据。如果远程攻击者向默认监听的TCP 38292端口发送了畸形报文的话，就可以触发栈溢出，导致以SYSTEM权限执行任意代码。 Symantec Client Security 3.1 Symantec Client Security 3.0 Symantec Client Security 2.0 Symantec AntiVirus Corporate Edition 9.0 Symantec AntiVirus Corporate Edition 10.2 Symantec AntiVirus Corporate Edition 10.1 Symantec AntiVirus Corporate Edition 10.0 Symantec Endpoint Protection 11.0 Symantec -------- 目前厂商已经发布了升级补丁以修复这个安全问题，请到厂商的主页下载： <a href=http://www.symantec.com/ target=_blank rel=external nofollow>http://www.symantec.com/</a>
idSSV:11167
last seen2017-11-19
modified2009-05-01
published2009-05-01
reporterRoot
titleSymantec杀毒软件Intel Alert Originator服务栈溢出漏洞

References