Short Name |
APP:SYMC:XFERWAN-OF |
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Severity |
Critical |
Recommended |
No |
Recommended Action |
Drop |
Category |
APP |
Keywords |
Symantec Discovery XFERWAN Service Overflow |
Release Date |
2007/07/25 |
Update Number |
1213 |
Supported Platforms |
idp-4.0+, isg-3.4+, j-series-9.5+, mx-11.4+, srx-12.1+, srx-branch-12.1+, vmx-17.4+, vsrx-12.1+, vsrx3bsd-18.2+ |
This signature detects attempts to exploit a known vulnerability in Symantec Discovery XFERWAN Service. A successful attack can lead to a buffer overflow and arbitrary remote code execution as SYSTEM.
Multiple Vendor products are prone to a remote buffer-overflow vulnerability in 'XFERWAN.EXE'. The vulnerability arises in the 'CentennialIPTransferServer' service when handling strings in TCP packets. A remote attacker may trigger a denial-of-service condition or may execute arbitrary code with SYSTEM privileges. This may facilitate a complete compromise of affected systems. The following versions are reported vulnerable: Centennial Discovery 2006 Feature Pack 1 Symantec Discovery 6.5 Numara Asset Manager 8.0 Earlier versions of each application may be affected as well.