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Symantec pcAnywhere CIF Files Privilege Escalation
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Secunia Advisory:
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SA21113
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Release Date:
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2006-07-19
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Last Update:
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2006-08-02
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Popularity:
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9,204 views
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Critical:
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Less critical
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Impact:
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Privilege escalation
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Where:
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Local system
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Solution Status:
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Unpatched
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| Software: | Symantec pcAnywhere 12.x
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| CVE reference: | CVE-2006-3784
CVE-2006-3786
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Description:
Zee has reported a security issue in Symantec pcAnywhere, which can be exploited by malicious, local users to gain escalated privileges.
The problem is caused due to CIF files containing a superuser flag and being stored insecurely by default in "Documents and Settings\All Users\Application Data\Symantec\pcAnywhere\Hosts\" where any user can read the contents of files and create new files. This can be exploited to gain administrative user privileges via pcAnywhere by crafting a new CIF file, setting the superuser flag, and placing the file in the "Hosts" directory.
The security issue has been reported in version 12.5. Other versions may also be affected.
Solution:
Grant only trusted users access to affected systems.
Provided and/or discovered by:
Zee
Changelog:
2006-07-28: Added CVE reference.
2006-08-02: Added CVE reference.
Original Advisory:
http://www.digitalbullets.org/?p=3
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