THREATPORT/VULNERABILITY/CVE-2010-0110
HIGH SEVERITY

CVE-2010-0110

Antivirus vulnerability

CVSS
7.9
EPSS
5.1%
EPSS pct
92th
Exploited
No known
Multiple stack-based buffer overflows in Intel Alert Management System (aka AMS or AMS2), as used in Symantec AntiVirus Corporate Edition (SAVCE) 10.x before 10.1 MR10, Symantec System Center (SSC) 10.x, and Symantec Quarantine Server 3.5 and 3.6, allow remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via (1) a long string to msgsys.exe, related to the AMSSendAlertAct function in AMSLIB.dll in the Intel Alert Handler service (aka Symantec Intel Handler service); a long (2) modem string or (3) PIN number to msgsys.exe, related to pagehndl.dll in the Intel Alert Handler service; or (4) a message to msgsys.exe, related to iao.exe in the Intel Alert Originator service.
Affected vendor
Symantec
Affected product
Antivirus
CVSS vector
AV:A/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
Weakness type (CWE)
  • CWE-119 — Improper Restriction of Operations within Memory Bounds
Published
2011-01-31

Risk analysis

Based on its CVSS vector, this vulnerability is exploitable from an adjacent network, medium attack complexity, requiring no authentication. Successful exploitation leads to complete impact to confidentiality, complete impact to integrity, complete impact to availability.

Its EPSS score of 5.1% reflects a lower probability of exploitation activity in the wild over the next 30 days, placing it above 92% of all scored CVEs.

Check your external exposure to CVE-2010-0110

  • Confirm whether Symantec Antivirus is running on any internet-facing host or subdomain.
  • Match discovered service fingerprints against the version affected by CVE-2010-0110.
  • Prioritise remediation if the asset is public, business-critical, or near authentication/payment flows.

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