CVE-2009-1430: symantec antivirus

Vulnerability summary

CVE-2009-1430 is a high (CVSS 9.3) vulnerability in symantec antivirus. EPSS estimates a 55.09% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 99% of scored vulnerabilities. 2 public exploits are recorded.

Timeline

1. 29-04-2009
   PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
2. 07-08-2024
   Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.

Description

Multiple stack-based buffer overflows in IAO.EXE in the Intel Alert Originator Service in Symantec Alert Management System 2 (AMS2), as used in Symantec System Center (SSS); Symantec AntiVirus Server; Symantec AntiVirus Central Quarantine Server; Symantec AntiVirus (SAV) Corporate Edition 9 before 9.0 MR7, 10.0 and 10.1 before 10.1 MR8, and 10.2 before 10.2 MR2; Symantec Client Security (SCS) 2 before 2.0 MR7 and 3 before 3.1 MR8; and Symantec Endpoint Protection (SEP) before 11.0 MR3, allow remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via (1) a crafted packet or (2) data that ostensibly arrives from the MsgSys.exe process.

• CWE-119Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory BufferThe product performs operations on a memory buffer, but it reads from or writes to a memory location outside the buffer's intended boundary. This may result in read or write operations on unexpected memory locations that could be linked to other variables, data structures, or internal program data.