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                     Secunia Research 23/07/2007

           - Symantec Discovery Insecure File Permissions -

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Table of Contents

Affected Software....................................................1
Severity.............................................................2
Vendor's Description of Software.....................................3
Description of Vulnerability.........................................4
Solution.............................................................5
Time Table...........................................................6
Credits..............................................................7
References...........................................................8
About Secunia........................................................9
Verification........................................................10

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1) Affected Software 

* Symantec Discovery 6.5

NOTE: Other versions may also be affected.

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2) Severity 

Rating: Less critical
Impact: Manipulation of data
        Privilege escalation
Where:  Local system

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3) Vendor's Description of Software 

"Symantec Discovery 6.5 identifies and tracks all hardware and
software assets throughout the enterprise. Integrated LANProbe
technology ensures a comprehensive audit by locating every IP device
on the network."

Product Link:
http://www.symantec.com/enterprise/products/overview.jsp?pcid=1025&pvid=923_1

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4) Description of Vulnerability

Secunia Research has discovered a security issue in Symantec Discovery,
which can be exploited by malicious, local users to gain escalated
privileges.

The problem is caused due to insecure default file permissions being
set on the "Discovery" directory. This can be exploited to gain
escalated privileges by placing malicious files or replacing e.g
certain DLL files in the directory.

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5) Solution 

The upstream vendor (Centennial) is reportedly working on fixes, which
should be available shortly.

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6) Time Table 

31/05/2007 - Upstream vendor (Centennial) notified.
15/06/2007 - Second upstream vendor notification.
18/06/2007 - Symantec notified.
19/06/2007 - Response from Symantec.
20/06/2007 - Response from Centennial.
03/07/2007 - Second response from Centennial.
03/07/2007 - Postponed release date.
04/07/2007 - Notified Symantec about postponed release date.
18/07/2007 - Request for status from Centennial.
23/07/2007 - Public disclosure.

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7) Credits 

Discovered by Sven Krewitt, Secunia Research.

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8) References

The Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures (CVE) project has assigned 
CVE-2007-2950 for the vulnerability.

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10) Verification 

Please verify this advisory by visiting the Secunia website:
http://secunia.com/secunia_research/2007-59/

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