Symantec AeXNSConsoleUtilities RunCmd buffer overflow

Added: 11/27/2009
CVE: CVE-2009-3033
BID: 37092
OSVDB: 60496

Background

Symantec Altiris Deployment Solution provides tools to deploy software on desktops and servers.

Problem

A buffer overflow vulnerability in the AeXNSConsoleUtilities ActiveX control allows command execution when a user loads a web page which calls the RunCmd method with specially crafted arguments.

Resolution

Apply the update as described in SYM09-016.

References

<http://secunia.com/advisories/37462/&gt;

Limitations

Exploit works on Symantec Altiris Deployment Solution 6.9 SP3 and requires a user to load the exploit page in Internet Explorer 6 or 7.

Platforms

Windows