Vulnerabilities > CVE-2009-3110 - Race Condition vulnerability in Symantec Altiris Deployment Solution
Attack vector
NETWORK Attack complexity
MEDIUM Privileges required
NONE Confidentiality impact
PARTIAL Integrity impact
NONE Availability impact
PARTIAL Summary
Race condition in the file transfer functionality in Symantec Altiris Deployment Solution 6.9.x before 6.9 SP3 Build 430 allows remote attackers to read sensitive files and prevent client updates by connecting to the file transfer port before the expected client does.
Vulnerable Configurations
| Part | Description | Count |
|---|---|---|
| Application | 6 |
Common Weakness Enumeration (CWE)
Common Attack Pattern Enumeration and Classification (CAPEC)
- Leveraging Race Conditions This attack targets a race condition occurring when multiple processes access and manipulate the same resource concurrently and the outcome of the execution depends on the particular order in which the access takes place. The attacker can leverage a race condition by "running the race", modifying the resource and modifying the normal execution flow. For instance a race condition can occur while accessing a file, the attacker can trick the system by replacing the original file with his version and cause the system to read the malicious file.
- Leveraging Time-of-Check and Time-of-Use (TOCTOU) Race Conditions This attack targets a race condition occurring between the time of check (state) for a resource and the time of use of a resource. The typical example is the file access. The attacker can leverage a file access race condition by "running the race", meaning that he would modify the resource between the first time the target program accesses the file and the time the target program uses the file. During that period of time, the attacker could do something such as replace the file and cause an escalation of privilege.
Nessus
| NASL family | Windows |
| NASL id | ALTIRIS_DEPLOYMENT_SOLUTION_SERVER_6_9_430.NASL |
| description | The version of Altiris Deployment Solution installed on the remote host is reportedly affected by the following vulnerabilities : - DBManager authentication can by bypassed. A remote attacker could exploit this to execute arbitrary database queries. (CVE-2009-3107) - The Aclient GUI has a privilege escalation vulnerability. This could allow an unprivileged user to compromise the client. (CVE-2009-3108) - When key-based authentication is being used, it is possible to issue commands to an agent before the handshake is completed. A malicious server could exploit this to execute arbitrary commands as SYSTEM. (CVE-2009-3109) - Due to a race condition, a malicious user could intercept a file transfer meant for a legitimate client. This could result in the disclosure of sensitive information, or a denial of service. (CVE-2009-3110) |
| last seen | 2020-06-01 |
| modified | 2020-06-02 |
| plugin id | 43828 |
| published | 2010-01-08 |
| reporter | This script is Copyright (C) 2010-2018 Tenable Network Security, Inc. |
| source | https://www.tenable.com/plugins/nessus/43828 |
| title | Altiris Deployment Solution Server < 6.9.430 Multiple Vulnerabilities (SYM09-011) |
| code | |