Symantec's Enterprise Security Manager (ESM) for Windows has an unquoted search path in the Manager and Agent components. This could allow a non-privileged local user, able to successfully insert arbitrary code in the root path, to potentially execute their code with elevated privileges during system startup or reboot.
Product
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Version
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Build
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Solution(s)
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Symantec Enterprise Security Manager for Windows
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10.x and prior
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All
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Install or upgrade managers to CCS 11.0 or later, or, apply Security Update SU44 for Windows ESM Manager and Agent which has a check to fix exiting pre-11 Windows managers and agents.
Symantec Enterprise Security Manager Agent for Windows
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10.x and prior
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All
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Install or upgrade managers to CCS 11.0 or later, or, apply Security Update SU44 for Windows ESM Manager and Agent which has a check to fix exiting pre-11 Windows managers and agents.
A patched MSI installer for the 10.0 agent is available for new agent installations if upgrade to 11.0 isn't possible at this time.
Products Not Affected
Product
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Version
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Symantec Control Compliance Suite for Windows
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11.0
Symantec Control Compliance Suite and Enterprise Security Manager for Linux and Unix
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All
CVSS2
Base Score
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Impact
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Exploitability
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CVSS2 Vector
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ESM Manager/Agent unquoted search path local elevation of privilege - Medium
6.8
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10.0
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3.1
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AV:L/AC:L/AU:S/C:C/I:C/A:C
CVE
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BID
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Description
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CVE-2012-4350
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BID 56915
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Symantec ESM Manager/Agent unquoted search path
Details
Symantec was notified of an unquoted search path issue impacting the ESM manager and agents for Windows deployed as part of Symantec's Enterprise Security Manager. This could potentially allow an authorized but non-privileged local user to execute arbitrary code with elevated privileges on the system. A successful targeting attempt would require the local user to be able to insert their code in the system root path undetected by the OS or other security applications where it could potentially be executed during application startup or reboot. If successful, the local user's code would execute with the elevated privileges of the application.
Symantec Response
Symantec product engineers verified the reported issue and have released Security Update SU44 to address this issue.
A patched MSI installer for 10.0 agents is also available for new agent installations if upgrade to 11.0 isn't possible at this time. Go to https://www.symantec.com/security_response/securityupdates/list.jsp?fid=esm&pvid=pu to download the updated installer
Symantec is not aware of exploitation of or adverse customer impact from this issue.
Update Information
Best Practices
As part of normal best practices, Symantec strongly recommends:
Symantec credits Gavin Jones with NCC Group Ltd for reporting this issue and coordinating with us as we resolved it.
BID: Security Focus, http://www.securityfocus.com, has assigned Bugtraq IDs (BIDs) to these issues for inclusion in the Security Focus vulnerability database.
CVE: These issues are candidates for inclusion in the CVE list (http://cve.mitre.org), which standardizes names for security problems.