RCE in Symantec Antivirus
CVE-2009-1429
The Intel LANDesk Common Base Agent (CBA) in Symantec Alert Management System 2 (AMS2), as used in Symantec System Center (SSS); Symantec AntiVirus Server; Symantec AntiVirus Central Quarantine Server; Symantec AntiVirus (SAV) Corporate Edition 9 before 9.0 MR7, 10.0 and 10.1 before 10.1 MR8, and 10.2 before 10.2 MR2; Symantec Client Security (SCS) 2 before 2.0 MR7 and 3 before 3.1 MR8; and Symantec Endpoint Protection (SEP) before 11.0 MR3, allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary commands via a crafted packet whose contents are interpreted as a command to be launched in a new process by the CreateProcessA function.
Vulnerability class: RCE (Remote Code Execution)
Published · last modified .
CVSS v2 metric
CVSS v2 base score 10.0 (High). Vector: AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C. This CVE predates CVSS v3 and has no v3 score from NVD.
EPSS exploit prediction
EPSS: 0.877 (99.8th percentile), scored .
High probability of exploitation in the next 30 days — patch promptly. 100th percentile — 99.8% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.
EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.877 · newest: 0.877 · change: 0.000
Affected products
- Symantec Antivirus — versions 10.0, 10.0.1, 10.0.1.1
- Symantec Antivirus Central Quarantine Server
- Symantec Client Security — versions 2.0, 3.0, 3.0.0.359
- Symantec Endpoint Protection
- Symantec System Center
Weakness classification (CWE)
Public proof-of-concept exploits
References
- www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/1204 (vdb-entry, Vendor Advisory)
- www.securitytracker.com/id (vdb-entry)
- www.securitytracker.com/id (vdb-entry)
- exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/50176 (vdb-entry)
- www.securityfocus.com/bid/34671 (Exploit, vdb-entry)
- www.symantec.com/security_response/securityupdates/detail.jsp
- secunia.com/advisories/34856 (Vendor Advisory, third-party-advisory)
- osvdb.org/54157 (vdb-entry)
- www.securitytracker.com/id (vdb-entry)
- securityreason.com/securityalert/8346 (third-party-advisory)
Frequently asked questions
- What is CVE-2009-1429?
- CVE-2009-1429 is a vulnerability in Symantec Antivirus, classified under Code Injection. Published 2009-04-29.
- Is CVE-2009-1429 known to be exploited?
- 2 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.