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AUSCERT External Security Bulletin Redistribution
ESB-2008.0628 -- [Win]
Symantec Altiris Notification Server Agent GUI Local Elevation of Privilege
19 June 2008
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AusCERT Security Bulletin Summary
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Product: Altiris Notification Server Agent
Publisher: Symantec
Operating System: Windows
Impact: Administrator Compromise
Access: Existing Account
Original Bulletin:
http://securityresponse.symantec.com/avcenter/security/Content/2008.06.17.html
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SYM08-014
June 17, 2008
Symantec Altiris Notification Server Agent GUI Local Elevation of Privilege
Revision History
None
Severity
Medium
Remote Access No
Local Access Yes
Authentication Required Yes
Exploit publicly available No
Overview
A non-privileged user can leverage the Symantec Altiris Notification Server
Agent Graphical User Interface (GUI) to gain privileged access to the system.
Affected Products
Product Version Build Solution(s)
Altiris Notification Server Agent 6.X All 6.0 SP3 R8
Note: This issue impacts the client-side agent only and does require local
authenticated access.
Details
Insomnia Security notified Symantec that there was a local elevation of
privilege vulnerability in the Altiris Notification Server Agent GUI. By
successfully leveraging the issue, authorized but non-privileged users on a
local system could potentially gain unauthorized, elevated access to that
system.
Symantec Response
Symantec engineers have verified the vulnerability does exist in versions of
the Altiris Notification Server Agent listed above and released an update to
resolve this issue.
Symantec knows of no exploitation of or adverse customer impact from these
issues.
The update to resolve this issue can be obtained as follows:
1. Go to http://kb.altiris.com/
2. Search for KB 39159.
3. Select KB link and follow the directions to download SP3 R8.
4. After downloading the file, execute and follow the installer
instructions to upgrade Notification Server.
Best Practices
As part of normal best practices, Symantec strongly recommends:
* Restrict access to administration or management systems to privileged
users.
* Restrict remote access, if required, to trusted/authorized systems only.
* Run under the principle of least privilege where possible to limit the
impact of exploit by threats.
* Keep all operating systems and applications updated with the latest
vendor patches.
* Follow a multi-layered approach to security. Run both firewall and
anti-malware applications, at a minimum, to provide multiple points of
detection and protection to both inbound and outbound threats.
* Deploy network and host-based intrusion detection systems to monitor
network traffic for signs of anomalous or suspicious activity. This may
aid in detection of attacks or malicious activity related to
exploitation of latent vulnerabilities.
Credit
Symantec would like to thank Brett Moore of Insomnia Security for reporting
this issue and for providing full coordination while Symantec resolved it.
References
SecurityFocus, http://www.securityfocus.com, has assigned a Bugtraq ID (BID),
29708 to this issue for inclusion in the SecurityFocus vulnerability data base.
The BID which can be found at http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/29708
A CVE Candidate name will be requested from the Common Vulnerabilities and
Exposures (CVE) initiative for this issue. This advisory will be revised
accordingly upon receipt of the CVE Candidate name. This issue is a candidate
for inclusion in the CVE list (http://cve.mitre.org), which standardizes names
for security problems.
Symantec takes the security and proper functionality of its products very
seriously. As founding members of the Organization for Internet Safety
(OISafety), Symantec follows the principles of responsible disclosure.
Symantec also subscribes to the vulnerability guidelines outlined by the
National Infrastructure Advisory Council (NIAC). Please contact
secure@symantec.com if you feel you have discovered a potential or actual
security issue with a Symantec product. A Symantec Product Security team
member will contact you regarding your submission.
Symantec has developed a Product Vulnerability Handling Process document
outlining the process we follow in addressing suspected vulnerabilities in
our products. We support responsible disclosure of all vulnerability
information in a timely manner to protect Symantec customers and the security
of the Internet as a result of vulnerability. This document is available from
the location provided below.
Symantec strongly recommends using encrypted email for reporting vulnerability
information to secure@symantec.com. The Symantec Product Security PGP key can
be obtained from the location provided below.
Symantec-Product-Vulnerability-Response Symantec Vulnerability Response
Policy Symantec Product Vulnerability Management PGP Key Symantec Product
Vulnerability Management PGP Key
Copyright (c) 2008 by Symantec Corp.
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Last modified on: Monday, 16-Jun-08 10:01:22
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