Signature Detail

HTTP: Symantec Altiris Products ActiveX Control

This signature detects attempts to use unsafe ActiveX controls of Multiple Symantec Altiris Products. 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 with Symantec Management Platform and Altiris Deployment Solution are prone to a buffer-overflow vulnerability because the applications use 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 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: 36698
• BugTraq: 37092
• CVE: CVE-2009-3031
• CVE: CVE-2009-3033