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Symantec Automatic LiveUpdate Privilege Escalation Vulnerability

Secunia Advisory:

SA10609

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Release Date:

2004-01-13

Last Update:

2004-01-14

Popularity:

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Critical:

Less critical

Impact:

Privilege escalation

Where:

Local system

Solution Status:

Vendor Patch

Software:

Symantec AntiVirus for Handhelds 3.x
Symantec Norton AntiVirus 2001
Symantec Norton AntiVirus 2002
Symantec Norton AntiVirus 2003
Symantec Norton AntiVirus 2004
Symantec Norton Internet Security 2001
Symantec Norton Internet Security 2002
Symantec Norton Internet Security 2003
Symantec Norton Internet Security 2003 Professional
Symantec Norton Internet Security 2004
Symantec Norton Internet Security 2004 Professional
Symantec Norton SystemWorks 2001
Symantec Norton SystemWorks 2002
Symantec Norton SystemWorks 2003
Symantec Norton SystemWorks 2004
Symantec Windows LiveUpdate 1.x

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Description:
KF has discovered a vulnerability in Symantec LiveUpdate, which can be exploited by malicious, local users to gain escalated privileges on a vulnerable system.

The problem is that the Automatic LiveUpdate feature included in various retail products invokes the "LiveUpdate Help" window with SYSTEM privileges when an interactive LiveUpdate session is opened. This can be exploited to execute arbitrary commands on a system with escalated privileges.

The vulnerability affects the following products:

* Symantec LiveUpdate 1.70.x through 1.90.x
* Norton SystemWorks 2001-2004
* Norton AntiVirus (and Pro) 2001-2004
* Norton Internet Security (and Pro) 2001-2004
* Symantec AntiVirus for Handhelds v3.0

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