From: Secunia Security Advisories (sec-advsecunia.com)
Date: Tue Jan 13 2004 - 08:12:56 CST

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TITLE:
Symantec Automatic LiveUpdate Privilege Escalation Vulnerability

SECUNIA ADVISORY ID:
SA10609

VERIFY ADVISORY:
http://www.secunia.com/advisories/10609/

CRITICAL:
Less critical

IMPACT:
Privilege escalation

WHERE:
Local system

SOFTWARE:
Symantec Windows LiveUpdate 1.x
Symantec AntiVirus for Handhelds 3.x
Norton SystemWorks 2004
Norton SystemWorks 2003
Norton SystemWorks 2002
Norton SystemWorks 2001
Norton Internet Security 2004 Professional
Norton Internet Security 2004
Norton Internet Security 2003 Professional
Norton AntiVirus 2001
Norton AntiVirus 2002
Norton AntiVirus 2003
Norton AntiVirus 2004
Norton Internet Security 2001
Norton Internet Security 2002
Norton Internet Security 2003

DESCRIPTION:
KF has discovered a vulnerability in Symantec LiveUpdate, which can
be exploited by malicious, local users to gain escalated privileges
on a vulnerable system.

The problem is that Symantec LiveUpdate invokes the "LiveUpdate Help"
window with SYSTEM privileges. This can be exploited to execute
arbitrary commands on a system with escalated privileges.

The vulnerability affects the following products:

* Symantec LiveUpdate 1.70.x through 1.90.x
* Norton SystemWorks 2001-2004
* Norton AntiVirus (and Pro) 2001-2004
* Norton Internet Security (and Pro) 2001-2004
* Symantec AntiVirus for Handhelds v3.0

SOLUTION:
Apply fix via LiveUpdate or install LiveUpdate 2.0 manually:
http://www.symantec.com/techsupp/files/lu/lu.html

PROVIDED AND/OR DISCOVERED BY:
KF, Secure Network Operations.

ORIGINAL ADVISORY:
Symantec:
http://www.sarc.com/avcenter/security/Content/2004.01.12.html

Secure Network Operations:
http://www.secnetops.biz/research/advisories/SRT2004-01-09-1022.txt

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