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Symantec Security Information Manager Authentication Bypass
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Secunia Advisory:
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SA20647
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Release Date:
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2006-06-14
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Last Update:
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2006-06-20
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Popularity:
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5,251 views
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Critical:
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Less critical
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Impact:
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Security Bypass
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Where:
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Local system
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Solution Status:
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Vendor Patch
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| OS: | Symantec Security Information Manager 4.x
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| CVE reference: | CVE-2006-3072
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Description:
A vulnerability has been reported in Symantec Security Information Manager, which can be exploited by malicious, local users to bypass certain security restrictions.
The vulnerability is caused due to an input validation error in the M4 Macro Library when transforming raw rule definitions into java code that can be executed by the rule-engine. This can be exploited via specially crafted rules to obtain shell access with privileges of the "sesuser" user during M4 transformation.
The vulnerability has been reported in version 4.0.2.
Solution:
Update to version 4.0.2.29 HOTFIX 1.
http://www.symantec.com/techsupp/enterprise
Provided and/or discovered by:
Reported by vendor.
Changelog:
2006-06-20: Added CVE reference.
Original Advisory:
http://securityresponse.symantec.com/avcenter/security/Content/2006.06.13b.html
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