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symantec endpoint protection
108
symantec norton antivirus
67
symantec messaging gateway for service providers
29
symantec norton internet security
28
symantec web gateway appliance
28
symantec client security
27
symantec mail security
27
symantec deployment solution
20
symantec norton system works
20
symantec antivirus
18
symantec norton personal firewall
18
symantec pcanywhere
18
symantec enterprise firewall
15
symantec mail security for microsoft exchange
13
symantec antivirus scan engine
12
symantec encryption desktop
11
symantec norton ghost
11
symantec brightmail and messaging gateway
10
symantec endpoint encryption
10
symantec protection engine
10
symantec advanced threat protection
9
symantec altiris deployment solution
9
symantec brightmail antispam
9
symantec csapi
9
symantec encryption management server
9
symantec gateway security
9
symantec protection for sharepoint servers
9
symantec endpoint protection manager
8
symantec norton power eraser
8
symantec web security
8
symantec altiris notification server
7
symantec gateway security 5400
7
symantec ngc
7
symantec norton bootable removal tool
7
symantec norton security for mac
7
symantec sygate personal firewall
7
symantec antivirus central quarantine server
6
symantec firewall vpn appliance 100
6
symantec firewall vpn appliance 200
6
symantec firewall vpn appliance 200r
6
symantec norton antispam
6
symantec norton app lock
6
symantec velociraptor
6
symantec web gateway
6
symantec backup exec system recovery
5
symantec backupexec system recovery
5
symantec ghost solution suite
5
symantec liveupdate
5
symantec liveupdate administrator
5
symantec raptor firewall
5
Severity
10
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

Norton AntiVirus 5.00.01C with the Novell Netware client does not properly restart the auto-protection service after the first user has logged off of the system.

First published (updated )
Severity
10
Weak Encryption
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

The default encryption method of PcAnywhere 9.x uses weak encryption, which allows remote attackers to sniff and decrypt PcAnywhere or NT domain accounts.

First published (updated )
Severity
10
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

Symantec AntiVirus 9 Corporate Edition allows local users to gain privileges via the "Scan for viruses" option, which launches a help window with raised privileges, a re-introduction of a vulnerability that was originally identified and addressed by CVE-2002-1540.

First published (updated )
Severity
10
Buffer Overflow
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

Integer signedness error in the administrative interface for Symantec AntiVirus Scan Engine 4.0 and 4.3 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via crafted HTTP headers with negative values, which lead to a heap-based buffer overflow.

First published (updated )
Severity
10
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

Symantec Java! JIT (Just-In-Time) Compiler for Netscape Communicator 4.0 through 4.8 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary Java commands via an applet that uses a jump call, which is not correctly compiled by the JIT compiler.

First published (updated )
Severity
10
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

The NetBackup bpcd daemon (bpcd.exe) in Symantec Veritas NetBackup 5.0 before 5.0MP7, 5.1 before 5.1MP6, and 6.0 before 6.0MP4 does not properly check for chained commands, which allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary commands by appending malicious commands to valid commands.

First published (updated )
Severity
10
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

Multiple unknown vulnerabilities in the ActiveX and HTML file browsers in Symantec Clientless VPN Gateway 4400 Series 5.0 have unknown attack vectors and unknown impact.

First published (updated )
Severity
10
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

Sygate personal firewall 5.0 could allow remote attackers to bypass firewall filters via spoofed (1) source IP address of 127.0.0.1 or (2) network address of 127.0.0.0.

First published (updated )
Severity
10
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

Symantec Scan Engine 5.0.0.24, and possibly other versions before 5.1.0.7, uses a client-side check to verify a password, which allows remote attackers to gain administrator privileges via a modified client that sends certain XML requests.

First published (updated )
Severity
10
Buffer Overflow
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

Stack-based buffer overflow in the NetBackup bpcd daemon (bpcd.exe) in Symantec Veritas NetBackup 5.0 before 5.0MP7, 5.1 before 5.1MP6, and 6.0 before 6.0MP4 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a long CONNECTOPTIONS request, a different issue than CVE-2006-6222.

First published (updated )
Severity
10
Buffer Overflow
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

Stack-based buffer overflow in the NetBackup bpcd daemon (bpcd.exe) in Symantec Veritas NetBackup 5.0 before 5.0MP7, 5.1 before 5.1MP6, and 6.0 before 6.0MP4 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a long request with a malformed length prefix.

First published (updated )
Severity
10
Buffer Overflow
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

Multiple buffer overflows in the SupportSoft (1) SmartIssue (tgctlsi.dll) and (2) ScriptRunner (tgctlsr.dll) ActiveX controls, as used by Symantec Automated Support Assistant and Norton AntiVirus, Internet Security, and System Works 2006, allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a crafted HTML message.

First published (updated )
Severity
10
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

A certain ActiveX control in Symantec Norton AntiVirus 2004 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (resource consumption) and possibly execute arbitrary programs.

First published (updated )
Severity
10
Buffer Overflow
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

Multiple vulnerabilities in SYMDNS.SYS for Symantec Norton Internet Security and Professional 2002 through 2004, Norton Personal Firewall 2002 through 2004, Norton AntiSpam 2004, Client Firewall 5.01 and 5.1.1, and Client Security 1.0 through 2.0 allow remote attackers to cause a denial of service or execute arbitrary code via (1) a manipulated length byte in the first-level decoding routine for NetBIOS Name Service (NBNS) that modifies an index variable and leads to a stack-based buffer overflow, (2) a heap-based corruption problem in an NBNS response that is missing certain RR fields, and (3) a stack-based buffer overflow in the DNS component via a Resource Record (RR) with a long canonical name (CNAME) field composed of many smaller components.

First published (updated )
Severity
10
Buffer Overflow
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

Stack-based buffer overflow in Symantec Antivirus 10.1 and Client Security 3.1 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via unknown attack vectors.

First published (updated )
Severity
10
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

Symantec pcAnywhere through 12.5.3, Altiris IT Management Suite pcAnywhere Solution 7.0 (aka 12.5.x) and 7.1 (aka 12.6.x), Altiris Client Management Suite pcAnywhere Solution 7.0 (aka 12.5.x) and 7.1 (aka 12.6.x), and Altiris Deployment Solution Remote pcAnywhere Solution 7.1 (aka 12.5.x and 12.6.x) do not properly handle the client state after abnormal termination of a remote session, which allows remote attackers to obtain access to the client by leveraging an "open client session."

First published (updated )
Severity
10
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

The management GUI in Symantec Web Gateway 5.0.x before 5.0.3 does not properly restrict access to application scripts, which allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code by (1) injecting crafted data or (2) including crafted data.

First published (updated )
Severity
10
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

The file-management scripts in the management GUI in Symantec Web Gateway 5.0.x before 5.0.3 allow remote attackers to upload arbitrary code to a designated pathname, and possibly execute this code, via unspecified vectors.

First published (updated )
Severity
10
Buffer Overflow, Integer Overflow
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

Multiple integer overflows in vxsvc.exe in the Veritas Enterprise Administrator service in Symantec Veritas Storage Foundation 5.1 and earlier, Veritas Storage Foundation Cluster File System (SFCFS) 5.1 and earlier, Veritas Storage Foundation Cluster File System Enterprise for Oracle RAC (SFCFSORAC) 5.1 and earlier, Veritas Dynamic Multi-Pathing (DMP) 5.1, and NetBackup PureDisk 6.5.x through 6.6.1.x allow remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via (1) a crafted Unicode string, related to the vxveautil.valuebinaryunpack function; (2) a crafted ASCII string, related to the vxveautil.valuebinaryunpack function; or (3) a crafted value, related to the vxveautil.kvbinaryunpack function, leading to a buffer overflow.

First published (updated )
Severity
10
OS Command Injection
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

The management console in Symantec Web Gateway 5.0.x before 5.0.3.18 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary shell commands via crafted input to application scripts, related to an "injection" issue.

First published (updated )
Severity
10
OS Command Injection
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

The management console in Symantec Web Gateway 5.0.x before 5.0.3.18 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary commands via crafted input to application scripts.

First published (updated )
Severity
10
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

VRTSweb.exe in VRTSweb in Symantec Backup Exec Continuous Protection Server (CPS) 11d, 12.0, and 12.5; Veritas NetBackup Operations Manager (NOM) 6.0 GA through 6.5.5; Veritas Backup Reporter (VBR) 6.0 GA through 6.6; Veritas Storage Foundation (SF) 3.5; Veritas Storage Foundation for Windows High Availability (SFWHA) 4.3MP2, 5.0, 5.0RP1a, 5.0RP2, 5.1, and 5.1AP1; Veritas Storage Foundation for High Availability (SFHA) 3.5; Veritas Storage Foundation for Oracle (SFO) 4.1, 5.0, and 5.0.1; Veritas Storage Foundation for DB2 4.1 and 5.0; Veritas Storage Foundation for Sybase 4.1 and 5.0; Veritas Storage Foundation for Oracle Real Application Cluster (SFRAC) 3.5, 4.0, 4.1, and 5.0; Veritas Storage Foundation Manager (SFM) 1.0, 1.0 MP1, 1.1, 1.1.1Ux, 1.1.1Win, and 2.0; Veritas Cluster Server (VCS) 3.5, 4.0, 4.1, and 5.0; Veritas Cluster Server One (VCSOne) 2.0, 2.0.1, and 2.0.2; Veritas Application Director (VAD) 1.1 and 1.1 Platform Expansion; Veritas Cluster Server Management Console (VCSMC) 5.1, 5.5, and 5.5.1; Veritas Storage Foundation Cluster File System (SFCFS) 3.5, 4.0, 4.1, and 5.0; Veritas Storage Foundation Cluster File System for Oracle RAC (SFCFS RAC) 5.0; Veritas Command Central Storage (CCS) 4.x, 5.0, and 5.1; Veritas Command Central Enterprise Reporter (CC-ER) 5.0 GA, 5.0 MP1, 5.0 MP1RP1, and 5.1; Veritas Command Central Storage Change Manager (CC-SCM) 5.0 and 5.1; and Veritas MicroMeasure 5.0 does not properly validate authentication requests, which allows remote attackers to trigger the unpacking of a WAR archive, and execute arbitrary code in the contained files, via crafted data to TCP port 14300.

First published (updated )
Severity
10
Buffer Overflow, Integer Overflow
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

Integer overflow in kvolefio.dll 8.5.0.8339 and 10.5.0.0 in the Autonomy KeyView Filter SDK, as used in IBM Lotus Notes 8.5, Symantec Mail Security for Microsoft Exchange 5.0.10 through 5.0.13, and other products, allows context-dependent attackers to execute arbitrary code via a crafted OLE document that triggers a heap-based buffer overflow.

First published (updated )
Severity
10
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

The agent remote upgrade interface in Symantec Enterprise Security Manager (ESM) before 20070405 does not verify the authenticity of upgrades, which allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via software that implements the agent upgrade protocol.

First published (updated )
Severity
10
Buffer Overflow
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

Buffer overflow in the ISAlertDataCOM ActiveX control in ISLALERT.DLL for Norton Personal Firewall 2004 and Internet Security 2004 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via long arguments to the (1) Get and (2) Set functions.

First published (updated )
Severity
10
Buffer Overflow
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

Multiple buffer overflows in the CentennialIPTransferServer service (XFERWAN.EXE), as used by (1) Centennial Discovery 2006 Feature Pack 1, (2) Numara Asset Manager 8.0, and (3) Symantec Discovery 6.5, allow remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via long strings in a crafted TCP packet.

First published (updated )
Severity
10
Code Injection
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

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.

First published (updated )
Severity
10
Buffer Overflow
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

Buffer overflow in the cliproxy.objects.1 ActiveX control in the Symantec Client Proxy (CLIproxy.dll) in Symantec AntiVirus 10.0.x, 10.1.x before MR9, and 10.2.x before MR4; and Symantec Client Security 3.0.x and 3.1.x before MR9 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a long argument to the SetRemoteComputerName function.

First published (updated )
Severity
10
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

The host-services component in Symantec pcAnywhere 12.5.x through 12.5.3, and IT Management Suite pcAnywhere Solution 7.0 (aka 12.5.x) and 7.1 (aka 12.6.x), does not properly filter login and authentication data, which allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a crafted session on TCP port 5631.

First published (updated )
Severity
10
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

Multiple unspecified vulnerabilities in Symantec Altiris Deployment Solution 6.9 might allow remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via unknown client-side attack vectors, as demonstrated by a certain module in VulnDisco Pack Professional 7.17, as identified by (1) "Symantec Altiris Deployment Solution 6.9 exploit, (2) "Symantec Altiris Deployment Solution 6.9 exploit (II)," and (3) "Symantec Altiris Deployment Solution 6.9 exploit (III)." NOTE: as of 20090909, this disclosure has no actionable information. However, because the VulnDisco Pack author is a reliable researcher, the issue is being assigned a CVE identifier for tracking purposes.

First published (updated )

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