Symantec Endpoint Protection Manager Multiple Vulnerabilities


Description   Multiple vulnerabilities have been reported in Symantec Endpoint Protection Manager, which can be exploited by malicious people to disclose sensitive information, manipulate certain data, and conduct cross-site scripting attacks.
1) An error when parsing XML entities can be exploited to e.g. disclose content of arbitrary files via e.g. a Man-in-the-Middle (MitM) attack.
2) Input passed via the "ErrorMsg" GET parameter to /console/Highlander_docs/SSO-Error.jsp is not properly sanitised before being returned to the user. This can be exploited to execute arbitrary HTML and script code in a user's browser session in context of an affected site.
3) Input passed via the "uri" GET parameter to /portal/Loading.jsp is not properly sanitised before being returned to the user. This can be exploited to execute arbitrary HTML and script code in a user's browser session in context of an affected site.
4) Input passed via the "ActionType" parameter to /servlet/ConsoleServlet is not properly sanitised before being used in the ServerLogger. This can be exploited to overwrite the contents of arbitrary local files via directory traversal sequences and subsequently cause a DoS condition or gain elevated privileges.
5) Certain unspecified input is not properly sanitised before being returned to the user. This can be exploited to execute arbitrary HTML and script code in a user's browser session in context of an affected site.
The vulnerabilities are reported in versions 12.1.x prior to 12.1 RU5.
     
Vulnerable Products   Vulnerable Software:
Symantec Endpoint Protection Manager 12.x
     
Solution   Update to version 12.1 RU5.
     
CVE   CVE-2014-3439
CVE-2014-3438
CVE-2014-3437
     
References   SYM14-015:
http://www.symantec.com/security_response/securityupdates/detail.jsp?fid=security_advisory&
pvid=security_advisory&
suid=20141105_00
SEC Consult:
https://www.sec-consult.com/fxdata/seccons/prod/temedia/advisories_txt/20141106-0_Symantec_Endpoint_Protection_XXE_XSS_Arbitrary_File_Write_v10.txt
     
Vulnerability Manager Detection   No
     
IPS Protection  
ASQ Engine alarm Available Since
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XSS - Prevention - GET : suspicious 'style' attribute found in URL
3.2.0
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3.2.0
XSS - Phishing : suspicious 'a' tag found in URL
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XSS - Prevention - GET : cookie access attempt using script language found in URL
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XSS - Prevention - GET : suspicious 'embed' tag found in URL
3.2.0
XSS - Prevention - GET : suspicious 'object' tag found in URL
3.2.0
XSS - Phishing : suspicious 'form' tag found in URL
3.2.0
XSS - Prevention - GET : javascript code found in URL
3.2.0
XSS - Prevention - GET : evasion attempt using tag characters encoding in URL
3.2.0
XSS - Prevention - GET : suspicious 'style' tag found in URL
3.2.0
XSS - Phishing : suspicious 'link' tag found in URL
3.2.0
XSS - Prevention - GET : 'script' tag found in URL
3.2.0
XSS - Prevention - GET : 'location' javascript object found in URL
3.2.0
XSS - Prevention - GET : suspicious 'div' tag found in URL
3.2.0
     


 
 
 
 
 Risk level 
Low 

 Vulnerability First Public Report Date 
2014-11-10 

 Target Type 
Server 

 Possible exploit 
Remote