Check Point Advisories

Norton Internet Security ActiveX Command Execution (CVE-2004-0364)

Vulnerability
Protection

Check Point Reference:	CPAI-2004-126
Date Published:	10 Mar 2010
Severity:	High
Last Updated:	Wednesday 10 March, 2010
Source:
Industry Reference:	CVE-2004-0364
Protection Provided by:	Security Gateway R81, R80, R77, R75
Who is Vulnerable?
Vulnerability Description	Norton Internet Security is a security solution produced by Symantec corporation. There exists a vulnerability within Norton Internet Security that allows a remote attacker to run arbitrary executables on the target system through a malicious call to a certain method of a vulnerable ActiveX control. In case of an attack, the behavior of the target system depends on the executable launched by the target.

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 Norton Internet Security ActiveX Command Execution 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: Norton Internet Security ActiveX command execution