Signature Detail

HTTP: Symantec AeXNSConsoleUtilities Buffer Overflow

This signature detects attempts to use unsafe ActiveX controls in multiple products from Symantec. An attacker can create a malicious Web site containing Web pages with dangerous ActiveX controls, which if accessed by a victim, allows the attacker to gain control of the victim's client browser.

Extended Description

Symantec Altiris Notification Server, Symantec Management Platform, and Altiris Deployment Solution are prone to a buffer-overflow vulnerability because the applications' web console uses an ActiveX control provided by 'AeXNSConsoleUtilities.dll' that fails to properly validate user-supplied input. An attacker can exploit this issue to execute arbitrary code in the context of the application using the ActiveX control (typically Internet Explorer). Failed attacks will likely cause denial-of-service conditions.

Affected Products

• Symantec Altiris Deployment Solution 6.9
• Symantec Altiris Deployment Solution 6.9.164
• Symantec Altiris Deployment Solution 6.9.176
• Symantec Altiris Deployment Solution 6.9.355
• Symantec Altiris Deployment Solution 6.9.355 SP1
• Symantec Altiris Deployment Solution 6.9 SP1
• Symantec Altiris Deployment Solution 6.9 SP2 build 375
• Symantec Altiris Deployment Solution 6.9 SP3 Build 430
• Symantec Altiris Notification Server 6.0
• Symantec Altiris Notification Server 6.0 SP1
• Symantec Altiris Notification Server 6.0 SP2
• Symantec Altiris Notification Server 6.0 SP3
• Symantec Altiris Notification Server 6.0 SP3 R7
• Symantec Management Platform 7.0
• Symantec Management Platform 7.0 SP1

References

• BugTraq: 37092
• CVE: CVE-2009-3033
• URL: http://secunia.com/advisories/37462