===================================================================== CERT-Renater Note d'Information No. 2009/VULN440 _____________________________________________________________________ DATE : 04/11/2009 HARDWARE PLATFORM(S) : / OPERATING SYSTEM(S) : Systems running Symantec Altiris Deployment Solution, Symantec Altiris Notification Server, Symantec Management Platform. ====================================================================== hhttp://www.symantec.com/business/security_response/securityupdates/detail.jsp?fid=security_advisory&pvid=security_advisory&year=2009&suid=20091102_00 ______________________________________________________________________ Symantec Altiris Deployment Solution and Notification Server Management Web Console Browse and Save File ActiveX Overflow SYM09-015 November 2, 2009 Description Revision History 11/3/2009 Added information about public proof of concept code availability Severity High Remote Access Yes Local Access No Authentication Required No Exploit publicly available Metasploit Module available Overview Symantecs Altiris Deployment Solution and Notification Server web consoles install a vulnerable ActiveX control. Exploitation of this issue could possibly lead to unauthorized information disclosure, system information corruption or potentially allow arbitrary code execution in the context of the users browser. Successful exploitation requires user interaction. Affected Product(s) Product Version Build Solution(s) Symantec Altiris Deployment Solution 6.9.x All Apply Update Symantec Altiris Notification Server 6.0.x All Apply Update Symantec Management Platform 7.0.x All Apply Update Details Symantec is aware of a vulnerable ActiveX control, AeXNSConsoleUtilities.dll, being reported in Symantecs Altiris Notification Server / Symantec Management Platform and with Symantecs Altiris Deployment Solution 6.9. The vulnerable control is downloaded during the initial connection to the web console on the management server to enable authorized admin access to the management server. While the control is not intended to be called externally, it fails to properly validate/filter user input which could potentially allow unauthorized execution of arbitrary code on the targeted system in the context of the users browser. The system the control resides on should not be accessible external to the network in a recommended installation. To attempt to exploit this issue, the system user would need to be enticed to download malicious content either through browsing to a malicious web site, internal or external to the network, or potentially through a malicious html email that could effectively call the vulnerable control. Symantec Response Symantec engineers have verified this finding and released an update to resolve this issue. Symantec is not aware of any customer impact from this issue. Follow instructions and hotfix provided below: For Symantec Altiris Notification Server and Symantec Management Platform, Altiris Knowledge Base article 49289, available to customers at https://kb.altiris.com/article.asp?article=49389&p=1 For Symantec Altiris Deployment Solution, Altiris Knowledge Base article 49568, available to customers at https://kb.altiris.com/article.asp?article=49568&p=1 Mitigations Symantec Security Response has released IPS/IDS signatures, 23486 - HTTP Altiris Console Utilities AX BO 50239 - MSIE Altiris Console Utilities AX BO to detect and block attempts to exploit this issue. Signatures will be available through normal update channels. 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 Nikolas Sotiriu, nikolas sotiriu - it services, for reporting this issue and coordinating with us while Symantec resolved it. References: Security Focus, http://www.securityfocus.com, has assigned Bugtraq ID (BID) 36698 to this issue for inclusion in the SecurityFocus vulnerability database. This issue is a candidate for inclusion in the CVE list (http://cve.mitre.org), which standardizes names for security problems. CVE-2009-3031 has been assigned to this issue. 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 the OISafety responsible disclosure guidelines. Symantec also subscribes to the vulnerability disclosure guidelines outlined by the National Infrastructure Advisory Council (NIAC). Please contact secure@symantec.com if you feel you have discovered a security issue in a Symantec product. A Symantec Product Security team member will contact you regarding your submission. Symantec strongly recommends using encrypted email for reporting vulnerability information to secure@symantec.com. The Symantec Product Security PGP key can be found at the end of this message. Symantec has developed a Product Vulnerability Response document outlining the process we follow in addressing suspected vulnerabilities in our products. This document is available below. Symantec Vulnerability Response Policy Symantec Product Vulnerability Management PGP Key Symantec Product Vulnerability Management PGP Key Copyright (c) by Symantec Corp. Permission to redistribute this alert electronically is granted as long as it is not edited in any way unless authorized by Symantec Security Response. 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