Signature Detail
Short Name |
HTTP:STC:CLSID:ACTIVEX:SYM-FWAX |
|---|---|
Severity |
Medium |
Recommended |
No |
Recommended Action |
Drop |
Category |
HTTP |
Keywords |
Symantec Norton Personal Firewall 2004 ActiveX Control Buffer Overflow |
Release Date |
2007/05/22 |
Update Number |
1213 |
Supported Platforms |
idp-4.0+, isg-3.0+, j-series-9.5+, mx-9.4+, srx-9.2+, srx-branch-9.4+, vsrx-12.1+ |
HTTP: Symantec Norton Personal Firewall 2004 ActiveX Control Buffer Overflow
This signature detects attempts to exploit a known vulnerability in Norton Personal Firewall 2004. Attacker can create malicious Web pages containing dangerous ActiveX calls, which if accessed by a victim, can allow the attacker to gain control of the victim's client browser.
Extended Description
Symantec Norton Personal Firewall ActiveX Control is prone to a buffer-overflow vulnerability because the application fails to bounds-check user-supplied data before copying it into an insufficiently sized buffer. A successful attack would corrupt process memory, allowing arbitrary code to run in the context of the client application using the affected ActiveX control (typically Internet Explorer).
Affected Products
- Symantec Norton Internet Security 2004
- Symantec Norton Personal Firewall 2004
References
- BugTraq: 23936
- CVE: CVE-2007-1689
- URL: http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/983953