Detections
Analytics
Altiris Altiris.AeXNSPkgDL.1 ActiveX Control DownloadAndInstall() Method Arbitrary Code Execution
high Nessus Plugin ID 41062
Synopsis
The remote Windows host has an ActiveX control that allows execution of arbitrary code.Description
The Altiris.AeXNSPkgDL.1 ActiveX control, a component of Altiris Deployment Solution, Altiris Notification Server, and Symantec Management Platform, is installed on the remote Windows host.The installed version of this control provides an unsafe method, named 'DownloadAndInstall'.
If an attacker can trick a user on the affected host into viewing a specially crafted HTML document, this issue could be leveraged to download and execute arbitrary code on the affected system subject to the user's privileges.
Solution
Either set the kill bit or apply the vendor's hotfix to upgrade the control to version 6.0.0.2000 or later.See Also
http://www.nessus.org/u?81f3a7d5
http://www.nessus.org/u?a59109f4
http://www.symantec.com/business/support/index?page=content&id=TECH44885
Plugin Details
Severity: High
ID: 41062
File Name: altiris_aexnspkgdllib_activex_download.nasl
Version: 1.15
Type: local
Agent: windows
Family: Windows
Published: 9/23/2009
Updated: 11/15/2018
Supported Sensors: Nessus Agent, Nessus
Risk Information
VPR
Risk Factor: High
Score: 7.0
CVSS v2
Risk Factor: High
Base Score: 9.3
Temporal Score: 7.7
Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
Vulnerability Information
Required KB Items: SMB/Registry/Enumerated
Exploit Available: true
Exploit Ease: Exploits are available
Patch Publication Date: 9/23/2009
Vulnerability Publication Date: 9/9/2009
Exploitable With
CANVAS (D2ExploitPack)
Metasploit (Symantec Altiris Deployment Solution ActiveX Control Arbitrary File Download and Execute)
Reference Information
CVE: CVE-2009-3028
BID: 36346