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TITLE:
Symantec AntiVirus Corporate Edition / Client Security Privilege
Escalation

SECUNIA ADVISORY ID:
SA16562

VERIFY ADVISORY:
http://secunia.com/advisories/16562/

CRITICAL:
Less critical

IMPACT:
Privilege escalation

WHERE:
Local system

SOFTWARE:
Symantec AntiVirus Corporate Edition 9.x
http://secunia.com/product/3549/
Symantec Client Security 2.x
http://secunia.com/product/3478/

DESCRIPTION:
A vulnerability has been reported in Symantec AntiVirus Corporate
Edition and Symantec Client Security, which can be exploited by
malicious, local users to gain escalated privileges.

The vulnerability is caused due to the GUI invoking the help
functionality insecurely without dropping privileges, which can be
exploited to gain SYSTEM privileges on a vulnerable system.

The vulnerability affects the following versions:
* Symantec AntiVirus Corporate Edition 9.0
* Symantec AntiVirus Corporate Edition 9.0.1
* Symantec AntiVirus Corporate Edition 9.0.2
* Symantec Client Security 2.0
* Symantec Client Security 2.0.1
* Symantec Client Security 2.0.2

SOLUTION:
Upgrade to MR3 or later.

PROVIDED AND/OR DISCOVERED BY:
The vendor credits iDEFENSE Labs.

ORIGINAL ADVISORY:
Symantec:
http://securityresponse.symantec.com/avcenter/security/Content/2005.08.24.html

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