National Cyber Awareness System
Vulnerability Summary for CVE-2008-0309
Original release date:02/28/2008
Last revised:03/08/2011
Source:
US-CERT/NIST
Overview
Stack-based buffer overflow in Symantec Decomposer, as used in certain Symantec antivirus products including Symantec Scan Engine 5.1.2 and other versions before 5.1.6.31, allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code or cause a denial of service (application crash) via a malformed RAR file to the Internet Content Adaptation Protocol (ICAP) port (1344/tcp).
Impact
CVSS Severity (version 2.0):
Impact Subscore:
6.4
Exploitability Subscore:
8.6
CVSS Version 2 Metrics:
Access Vector: Network exploitable; Victim must voluntarily interact with attack mechanism
Access Complexity: Medium
Authentication: Not required to exploit
Impact Type:Provides unauthorized access, Allows partial confidentiality, integrity, and availability violation; Allows unauthorized disclosure of information; Allows disruption of service
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External Source: VUPEN
Name: ADV-2008-0680
External Source: CONFIRM
Name: http://www.symantec.com/avcenter/security/Content/2008.02.27.html
External Source: SECTRACK
Name: 1019503
External Source: BID
Name: 27913
External Source: SECUNIA
Name: 29140
Type: Advisory
External Source: IDEFENSE
Name: 20080226 Symantec Scan Engine 5.1.2 RAR File Buffer Overflow Vulnerability
