Symantec Norton AntiVirus Stack Overflow in 3rd Party ActiveX Controls Lets Remote Users Execute Arbitrary Code
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SecurityTracker Alert ID: 1017690
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SecurityTracker URL: http://securitytracker.com/id?1017690
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CVE Reference: CVE-2006-6490
(Links to External Site)
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Date: Feb 22 2007
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Impact: Execution of arbitrary code via network, User access via network
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Fix Available: Yes
Vendor Confirmed: Yes
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Advisory: Symantec Advisory
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Version(s): 2006
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Description: A vulnerability was reported in Symantec Norton AntiVirus. A remote user can cause arbitrary code to be executed on the target user's system.
A remote user can create specially crafted HTML that, when loaded by the target user, will trigger a stack overflow in the SmartIssue
'tgctlsi.dll' and ScriptRunner 'tgctlsr.dll' ActiveX controls and execute arbitrary code on the target system. The code will run
with the privileges of the target user.
The ActiveX controls were developed by SupportSoft and included as part of Symantec Norton
AntiVirus.
Symantec Norton Internet Security 2006, Symantec Norton System Works 2006, and Symantec Automated Support Assistant
are also affected.
Symantec 2007 consumer products are not affected. Symantec corporate and enterprise products are not affected.
This
vulnerability was independently discovered by Mark Litchfield of NGS Software, US-CERT, and Peter Vreugdenhil working with iDefense.
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Impact: A remote user can create HTML that, when loaded by the target user, will execute arbitrary code on the target user's system.
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Solution: The vendor has issued a fix, available via LiveUpdate.
The Symantec advisory is available at:
http://securityresponse.symantec.com/avcenter/security/Content/2007.02.22.html
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Vendor URL: securityresponse.symantec.com/avcenter/security/Content/2007.02.22.html (Links to External Site)
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Cause: Boundary error
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Underlying OS: Windows (Any)
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Message History:
None.
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Source Message Contents
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Date: Thu, 22 Feb 2007 12:51:57 -0500
Subject: Symantec Automated Support Assistant
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SYM07-002
February 22, 2007
Stack Overflow in Third-Party ActiveX Controls affects Multiple Vendor Products
Including Some Symantec Consumer Products and Automated Support Assistant
CVE-2006-6490
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