HTTP: Norton AntiVirus 2004 ActiveX Denial of Service

This signature detects attempts to exploit a known vulnerability against Symantec's, Norton's AntiVirus Applauncher ActiveX controls. The ActiveX control does not validate external input correctly. Attackers can create a malicious HTML document that, when viewed by a user, activates the ActiveX component and causes a denial of service (DoS) against the user's AntiVirus software. Attackers can crash the target system or execute arbitrary code.

Extended Description

Symantec Norton AntiVirus is prone to a remote code execution vulnerability. This issue presents itself in an ActiveX control used by the application and could allow an attacker to execute arbitrary executables, launch URI pop-up windows, and carry out denial of service attacks against the antivirus application. Norton AntiVirus 2004 is prone to this vulnerability.

Affected Products

Symantec norton_antivirus_2004

Short Name
HTTP:STC:ACTIVEX:NORTON-ANTI
Severity
Minor
Recommended
False
Recommended Action
None
Category
HTTP
Keywords
2004 ActiveX AntiVirus CVE-2004-0487 Denial Norton Service bid:10392 of
Release Date
06/03/2004
Supported Platforms

srx-branch-12.3

srx-19.3

srx-branch-19.3

vsrx3bsd-19.2

srx-branch-19.4

vsrx-19.4

mx-12.3

mx-19.4

vmx-19.4

mx-19.3

vsrx3bsd-19.4

srx-19.4

vsrx-12.3

vmx-19.3

vsrx-19.2

srx-12.3

Sigpack Version
3725
False Positive
Unknown
Vendors

Symantec

CVSS Score

10.0

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