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Symantec LiveUpdate Administrator < 2.3.2 Privilege Escalation (SYM12-009)

medium Nessus Plugin ID 59757

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Synopsis

A web application on the remote host has a privilege escalation vulnerability.

Description

The version of LiveUpdate Administrator running on the remote host is earlier than 2.3.2. Such versions have a privilege escalation vulnerability due to insecure file permissions set by a default installation.

The webapps directory allows write access to the Everyone group.
A local, unprivileged attacker could exploit this by creating or modifying files that will be executed as SYSTEM, resulting in privilege escalation.

Solution

Upgrade to LiveUpdate Administrator 2.3.2 or later.

See Also

https://www.tenable.com/security/research/tra-2012-04

https://support.symantec.com/en_US/article.TECH155523.html

http://www.nessus.org/u?361efb67

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 59757

File Name: symantec_lua_2_3_1.nasl

Version: 1.13

Type: remote

Family: CGI abuses

Published: 6/28/2012

Updated: 1/19/2021

Supported Sensors: Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: High

Score: 7.4

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 6.9

Temporal Score: 5.7

Vector: CVSS2#AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2012-0304

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:/a:symantec:liveupdate_administrator

Required KB Items: www/symantec_lua

Excluded KB Items: Settings/disable_cgi_scanning

Exploit Available: true

Exploit Ease: No exploit is required

Patch Publication Date: 12/12/2011

Vulnerability Publication Date: 5/28/2012

Exploitable With

Core Impact

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2012-0304

BID: 53903