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Symantec Mail Security for SMTP KeyView Excel SST Parsing RCE
high Nessus Plugin ID 40871
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Synopsis
An email security application running on the remote Windows host is affected by a remote code execution vulnerability.Description
The version of Symantec Mail Security for SMTP running on the remote host is affected by an integer overflow condition when parsing a Shared String Table (SST) record inside of an Excel file. One of the fields in the SST is a 32-bit integer used to specify the size of a dynamic memory allocation. This integer is not validated, which can result in a heap-based buffer overflow condition. A remote attacker can exploit this by tricking a user into viewing an email with a specially crafted Excel file, resulting in the execution of arbitrary code as SYSTEM.Solution
Apply patch level 205.See Also
Plugin Details
Severity: High
ID: 40871
File Name: sms_smtp_keyview_overflow.nasl
Version: 1.20
Type: local
Agent: windows
Family: Windows
Published: 9/4/2009
Updated: 8/5/2020
Supported Sensors: Nessus Agent, Nessus
Risk Information
VPR
Risk Factor: Medium
Score: 5.9
CVSS v2
Risk Factor: High
Base Score: 9.3
Temporal Score: 6.9
Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
CVSS Score Source: CVE-2009-3037
CVSS v3
Risk Factor: High
Base Score: 8.8
Temporal Score: 7.7
Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Temporal Vector: CVSS:3.0/E:U/RL:O/RC:C
Vulnerability Information
CPE: cpe:/a:symantec:mail_security
Required KB Items: Symantec/SMSSMTP/Version
Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available
Patch Publication Date: 8/25/2009
Vulnerability Publication Date: 8/25/2009
Reference Information
CVE: CVE-2009-3037
BID: 36042