Check Point Advisories

Symantec Norton AntiVirus 2004 ActiveX Denial of Service (CVE-2004-0487)

Vulnerability
Protection

Check Point Reference:	CPAI-2004-145
Date Published:	1 Dec 2009
Severity:	Medium
Last Updated:	Tuesday 01 December, 2009
Source:
Industry Reference:	CVE-2004-0487
Protection Provided by:	Security Gateway R81, R80, R77, R75
Who is Vulnerable?
Vulnerability Description	Symantec Norton Anti-Virus 2004 is an anti-virus solution for both the Enterprise and the Desktop. There exists a vulnerability within Symantec Norton Anti-virus 2004 that allows a remote attacker to cause a denial of service condition on a target system through a malicious call to a certain method of a vulnerable ActiveX control. In a case were code injection was not successfull, the attack can lead to system resource exhaustion. In a more sophisticated attack case, where the attacker knows the path of executable files, already residing on the target system, the attacker will be able to run an arbitrary code. The actual behavior of the attacked target will depend on the code being executed.

Protection Overview

This protection will detect and block attempts to exploit this vulnerability

In order for the protection to be activated, update your Security Gateway product to the latest IPS update. For information on how to update IPS, go to SBP-2006-05, click on Protection tab and select the version of your choice.

Security Gateway R80 / R77 / R75

In the IPS tab, click Protections and find the Symantec Norton AntiVirus 2004 ActiveX Denial of Service protection using the Search tool and Edit the protection's settings.
Install policy on all Security Gateways.

This protection's log will contain the following information:

Attack Name: Security Products Enforcement Violation.
Attack Information: Symantec Norton AntiVirus 2004 ActiveX denial of service