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-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 =========================================================================== AUSCERT External Security Bulletin Redistribution ESB-2013.0447 Security Advisories Relating to Symantec Products - Symantec Enterprise Vault Local Elevation of Privilege 27 March 2013 =========================================================================== AusCERT Security Bulletin Summary --------------------------------- Product: Symantec Enterprise Vault Publisher: Symantec Operating System: Windows Server 2003 Windows Server 2008 Impact/Access: Execute Arbitrary Code/Commands -- Existing Account Resolution: Patch/Upgrade CVE Names: CVE-2013-1609 Original Bulletin: http://www.symantec.com/security_response/securityupdates/detail.jsp?fid=security_advisory&pvid=security_advisory&year=&suid=20130321_00 - --------------------------BEGIN INCLUDED TEXT-------------------- Security Advisories Relating to Symantec Products - Symantec Enterprise Vault Local Elevation of Privilege SYM13-003 March 21, 2013 Revisions None Severity CVSS2 Impact Exploitability CVSS2 Vector Base Score EV unquoted search path local elevation of privilege - Medium 6.8 10.0 3.1 AV:L/AC:L/AU:S/C:C/I:C/A:C Overview Symantec Enterprise Vault (EV) for File System Archiving has an unquoted search path in the File Collector and File PlaceHolder services. This could provide a non-privileged local user the ability to successfully insert arbitrary code in the root path. Affected Products Product Version Build Solution(s) Symantec Enterprise Vault for File System Archiving 10.0.0 All Recommended that users upgrade to 10.0.1 or later Symantec Enterprise Vault for File System Archiving < 9.0.4 All Recommended that users upgrade to 9.0.4 or 10.0.1 or later Symantec Enterprise Vault for File System Archiving 8.x All Product is EOL/EOS. It is recommended that users upgrade to 9.0.4 or 10.0.1 or later Products Not Affected Product Version Symantec Enterprise Vault for File System Archiving 10.0.1 or later Symantec Enterprise Vault for File System Archiving 9.0.4 Details Symantec was notified of an unquoted search path issue impacting the File Collector and File PlaceHolder services for Windows deployed as part of Symantec Enterprise Vault. This could potentially allow an authorized but non-privileged local user to execute arbitrary code with elevated privileges on the system. A successful attempt would require the local user to be able to insert their code in the system root path undetected by the OS or other security applications where it could potentially be executed during application startup or reboot. If successful, the local users code would execute with the elevated privileges of the application. Symantec Response This issue was previously identified and fixed as part of Symantec internal testing. The fix was incorporated into versions 10.0.1 and 9.0.4 of Symantec Enterprise Vault. Symantec recommends upgrading to the latest version of the software. Symantec is not aware of exploitation of or adverse customer impact from this issue. Update Information Update to latest version (9.0.4; 10.0.1 or later). See Tech Note: TECH54592 for more information. 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 credits Sean McCarthy (http://www.nccgroup.com/) for reporting this issue and working with us. References BID: Security Focus, http://www.securityfocus.com, has assigned a Bugtraq ID (BIDs) to this issue for inclusion in the Security Focus vulnerability database. CVE: This issue is a candidate for inclusion in the CVE list (http://cve.mitre.org), which standardizes names for security problems. CVE BID Description CVE-2013-1609 58617 Symantec Enterprise Vault unquoted search path Symantec takes the security and proper functionality of our products very seriously. As founding members of the Organization for Internet Safety (OISafety), Symantec supports and follows responsible disclosure guidelines. Please contact secure@symantec.com if you feel you have discovered a security issue in a Symantec product. A member of the Symantec Product Security team will contact you regarding your submission to coordinate any required response. Symantec strongly recommends using encrypted email for reporting vulnerability information to secure@symantec.com. 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