Symantec Endpoint Protection Client 12.1.x < 12.1 RU6 MP7 Local Privilege Escalation (SYM17-002)

high Nessus Plugin ID 97661

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Synopsis

The Symantec Endpoint Protection Client installed on the remote host is affected by a privilege escalation vulnerability.

Description

The version of Symantec Endpoint Protection (SEP) Client installed on the remote host is 12.1.x prior to 12.1 RU6 MP7. It is, therefore, affected by a local privilege escalation vulnerability in the SymEvent driver due to improper validation of user-supplied input. A local attacker can exploit this, via a specially crafted file, to manipulate certain system calls, resulting in a denial of service condition, or on 64-bit machines only, the possible execution of arbitrary code with kernel-level privileges.

Note that Nessus has not tested for this issue but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.

Solution

Upgrade to Symantec Endpoint Protection Client version 12.1 RU6 MP7 or later.

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 97661

File Name: symantec_endpoint_prot_client_sym17-002.nasl

Version: 1.9

Type: local

Agent: windows

Family: Windows

Published: 3/10/2017

Updated: 11/13/2019

Supported Sensors: Nessus Agent, Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 5.9

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 6.9

Temporal Score: 5.1

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2016-9093

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7

Temporal Score: 6.1

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/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:endpoint_protection

Required KB Items: Antivirus/SAVCE/version

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 3/6/2017

Vulnerability Publication Date: 3/6/2017

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2016-9093

BID: 96294

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