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Symantec Automatic LiveUpdate Privilege Escalation Vulnerability
Secunia Advisory:	SA10609	Advisory Toolbox: Issue ticket Save in to-do list Mark as handled Exploit information Download as PDF Review actions Add comment
Release Date:	2004-01-13
Last Update:	2004-01-14
Popularity:	14,981 views

Critical:	Less critical
Impact:	Privilege escalation
Where:	Local system
Solution Status:	Vendor Patch

Software:	Symantec AntiVirus for Handhelds 3.x Symantec Norton AntiVirus 2001 Symantec Norton AntiVirus 2002 Symantec Norton AntiVirus 2003 Symantec Norton AntiVirus 2004 Symantec Norton Internet Security 2001 Symantec Norton Internet Security 2002 Symantec Norton Internet Security 2003 Symantec Norton Internet Security 2003 Professional Symantec Norton Internet Security 2004 Symantec Norton Internet Security 2004 Professional Symantec Norton SystemWorks 2001 Symantec Norton SystemWorks 2002 Symantec Norton SystemWorks 2003 Symantec Norton SystemWorks 2004 Symantec Windows LiveUpdate 1.x

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CVE reference:	CVE-2003-0994

Description: KF has discovered a vulnerability in Symantec LiveUpdate, which can be exploited by malicious, local users to gain escalated privileges on a vulnerable system. The problem is that the Automatic LiveUpdate feature included in various retail products invokes the "LiveUpdate Help" window with SYSTEM privileges when an interactive LiveUpdate session is opened. This can be exploited to execute arbitrary commands on a system with escalated privileges. The vulnerability affects the following products: * Symantec LiveUpdate 1.70.x through 1.90.x * Norton SystemWorks 2001-2004 * Norton AntiVirus (and Pro) 2001-2004 * Norton Internet Security (and Pro) 2001-2004 * Symantec AntiVirus for Handhelds v3.0 Solution: Apply fix via LiveUpdate or install LiveUpdate 2.0 manually: http://www.symantec.com/techsupp/files/lu/lu.html Provided and/or discovered by: KF, Secure Network Operations. Changelog: 2004-01-14: Updated "Description" section. Original Advisory: Symantec: http://www.sarc.com/avcenter/security/Content/2004.01.12.html Secure Network Operations: http://www.secnetops.biz/research/advisories/SRT2004-01-09-1022.txt

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