| CVE ID | CVE-2009-1429 |
| CVSS SCORE | |
| AFFECTED VENDORS |
Symantec Symantec Symantec |
| AFFECTED PRODUCTS |
AntiVirus Corporate Edition Client Security Endpoint Protection |
| TREND MICRO CUSTOMER PROTECTION | Trend Micro TippingPoint IPS customers are protected against this vulnerability by Digital Vaccine protection filter ID ['5355']. For further product information on the TippingPoint IPS: http://www.tippingpoint.com |
| VULNERABILITY DETAILS |
This vulnerability allows attackers to execute arbitrary code on vulnerable installations of Symantec AntiVirus Corporate Edition, Symantec Client Security and Symantec Endpoint Protection. Authentication is not required to exploit this vulnerability. The specific flaw exists in the Intel LANDesk Common Base Agent bundled with the affected products. When a specially crafted packet is sent to TCP port 12174, the contents of the packet are passed directly to a call to CreateProcessA() as the lpCommandLine argument. The resulting command will be executed with SYSTEM privileges. |
| ADDITIONAL DETAILS |
Symantec has issued an update to correct this vulnerability. More details can be found at:
http://www.symantec.com/business/security_response/securityupdates/detail.jsp?fid=security_advisory&pvid=security_advisory&year=2009&suid=20090428_02 |
| DISCLOSURE TIMELINE |
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| CREDIT | Tenable Network Security |
