Secunia Security Advisory - A vulnerability has been reported in Symantec Endpoint Protection, which can be exploited by malicious people to manipulate certain data or compromise a vulnerable system.
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TITLE:
Symantec Endpoint Protection Arbitrary File Deletion Vulnerability
SECUNIA ADVISORY ID:
SA49248
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RELEASE DATE:
2012-05-23
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DESCRIPTION:
A vulnerability has been reported in Symantec Endpoint Protection,
which can be exploited by malicious people to manipulate certain data
or compromise a vulnerable system.
The vulnerability is caused due to an unspecified error and can be
exploited to delete arbitrary files via directory traversal sequences
and render the Manager console unusable.
NOTE: This can further be exploited to inject and execute arbitrary
code.
The vulnerability is reported in versions 12.1 prior to 12.1 RU1-MP1.
SOLUTION:
Update to version 12.1 RU1-MP1.
PROVIDED AND/OR DISCOVERED BY:
The vendor credits Andrea Micalizzi aka rgod via ZDI.
ORIGINAL ADVISORY:
SYM12-008:
http://www.symantec.com/security_response/securityupdates/detail.jsp?fid=security_advisory&pvid=security_advisory&year=2012&suid=20120522_01
OTHER REFERENCES:
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EXTENDED SOLUTION:
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EXPLOIT:
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