CVEvulnerability
CVE-2010-3268
5.0 MEDIUM
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- Status
- Modified
- Published
- 2010-12-22
- Last modified
- 2026-06-16
- Assigner
- [email protected]
- CVSS 2.0 ([email protected])
- 5.0 MEDIUM — AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P
- Weaknesses
- CWE-20
Description
The GetStringAMSHandler function in prgxhndl.dll in hndlrsvc.exe in the Intel Alert Handler service (aka Symantec Intel Handler service) in Intel Alert Management System (AMS), as used in Symantec Antivirus Corporate Edition 10.1.4.4010 on Windows 2000 SP4 and Symantec Endpoint Protection before 11.x, does not properly validate the CommandLine field of an AMS request, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) via a crafted request.
Affected configurations
• intel intel alert management system
• symantec antivirus 10.1.4.4010
• symantec endpoint protection 11.0
• symantec endpoint protection 11.0.1
• symantec endpoint protection 11.0.2
• symantec endpoint protection 11.0.4
• symantec endpoint protection 11.0.3001
Related
Weakness · CWE (1)
- CWE-20 Improper Input Validation weakness
References
- http://secunia.com/advisories/42593 Vendor Advisory
- http://secunia.com/advisories/43099 secunia.com
- http://www.coresecurity.com/content/symantec-intel-handler-service-remote-dos Exploit
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/515191/100/0/threaded www.securityfocus.com
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/45936 www.securityfocus.com
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1024866 www.securitytracker.com
- http://www.symantec.com/security_response/securityupdates/detail.jsp?fid=security_advisory&pvid=security_advisory&year=2011&suid=20110126_00 www.symantec.com
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2010/3206 Vendor Advisory
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2011/0234 www.vupen.com
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/64028 exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com
- http://secunia.com/advisories/42593 Vendor Advisory
- http://secunia.com/advisories/43099 secunia.com
- http://www.coresecurity.com/content/symantec-intel-handler-service-remote-dos Exploit
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/515191/100/0/threaded www.securityfocus.com
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/45936 www.securityfocus.com
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1024866 www.securitytracker.com
- http://www.symantec.com/security_response/securityupdates/detail.jsp?fid=security_advisory&pvid=security_advisory&year=2011&suid=20110126_00 www.symantec.com
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2010/3206 Vendor Advisory
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2011/0234 www.vupen.com
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/64028 exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com