SB2016063010 - CAB decompression memory corruption in Symantec Protection Engine (SPE)
Published: June 30, 2016 Updated: July 4, 2016
Security Bulletin ID
SB2016063010
CSH Severity
High
Patch available
YES
Number of vulnerabilities
1
Exploitation vector
Remote access
Highest impact
Denial of service
Breakdown by Severity
- Low
- Medium
- High
- Critical
Description
This security bulletin contains information about 1 vulnerability.
1) CAB decompression memory corruption (CVE-ID: CVE-2016-2211)
CWE-ID: CWE-441 - Unintended Proxy or Intermediary ('Confused Deputy')
CVSSv4: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Amber
The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to cause memory corruption on the target system.
The vulnerability exists due to boundary error when unpacking MSPACK archives in Symantec Antivirus. A remote unauthenticated attacker can cause a remote memory corruption by sending specially crafted archive to vulnerable server.
Successful exploitation of this vulnerability may result in remote code executione.
Remediation
Install update from vendor's website.