Memory corruption in Symantec Endpoint Protection

1) Memory corruption

EUVDB-ID: #VU109

Risk: Medium

CVSSv4.0: 4.6 [CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:A/VC:N/VI:N/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Green]

CVE-ID: CVE-2016-5308

CWE-ID: CWE-119 - Memory corruption

Exploit availability: No

Description

The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to cause the target system to crash.

The vulnerability exists due to a memory corruption error when processing PE files. A remote unauthenticated attacker can cause the target system to crash by creating a specially crafted portable-executable (PE) file, once downloaded, must be manipulated on the targeted system hard drive to interact with the vulnerable CIDS engine.

Successful exploitation of this vulnerability may result in denial of service.

Mitigation

The vendor has issued a fix (CIDS 15.1.2), available via LiveUpdate.

Vulnerable software versions CPE2.3

External links

https://www.symantec.com/security_response/securityupdates/detail.jsp?fid=security_advisory&...

Q & A

Can this vulnerability be exploited remotely?

Yes. This vulnerability can be exploited by a remote non-authenticated attacker via the Internet.

Is there known malware, which exploits this vulnerability?

No. We are not aware of malware exploiting this vulnerability.