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Symantec LiveUpdate Administrator Insecure File Permissions
Release Date: 2012-06-18 Views: 1,028
Secunia Advisory SA49631
Where:
Local system
Impact:
Privilege escalation,
Solution Status:
Vendor Patch
CVE Reference(s):
Description
A security issue has been reported in Symantec LiveUpdate Administrator, which can be exploited by malicious, local users to perform certain actions with escalated privileges.
The security issue is caused due to insecure default permissions ("Everyone" group granted "Full Control") being set on certain files, which can be exploited to remove, manipulate, and replace application files.
The security issue is reported in versions prior to 2.3.1.
Solution:
Update to version 2.3.1.
Provided and/or discovered by:
The vendor credits Tenable Network Security.
Original Advisory:
http://www.symantec.com/security_response/securityupdates/detail.jsp?fid=security_advisory&pvid=security_advisory&year=2012&suid=20120615_00
Deep Links:
Links available to Secunia VIM customers
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Subject: Symantec LiveUpdate Administrator Insecure File Permissions
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