Symantec Antivirus Engine 20151.1.0.32 Malformed PE Header Parser Memory Access Violation (SYM16-008)

critical Nessus Plugin ID 91261

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Synopsis

An antivirus application installed on the remote host is affected by a remote code execution vulnerability.

Description

The version of Symantec Antivirus Engine (AVE) installed on the remote host is 20151.1.0.32. It is, therefore, affected by a remote code execution vulnerability due to improper parsing of malformed portable-executable (PE) header files and executables packed with early versions of Aspack. A remote attacker can exploit this by convincing a user to download and scan a document or application containing specially crafted PE header files, resulting in the execution of arbitrary code.

Solution

Upgrade to Symantec Antivirus Engine 20151.1.1.4 or later.

Plugin Details

Severity: Critical

ID: 91261

File Name: symantec_sym_16_008.nasl

Version: 1.10

Type: local

Agent: windows

Family: Windows

Published: 5/19/2016

Updated: 11/19/2019

Supported Sensors: Nessus Agent, Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: High

Score: 8.2

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 9.4

Temporal Score: 8.2

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2016-2208

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Critical

Base Score: 9.1

Temporal Score: 8.7

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:H

Temporal Vector: CVSS:3.0/E:H/RL:O/RC:C

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:/a:symantec:endpoint_protection

Required KB Items: Antivirus/SAVCE/AVE_version

Exploit Available: true

Exploit Ease: Exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 5/16/2016

Vulnerability Publication Date: 5/16/2016

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2016-2208

BID: 90653

IAVA: 2016-A-0169

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