Both Safari (prior to version 3.2), Apple's web browser for Mac OS X and Microsoft Windows, and Trend Micro's ServerProtect, a popular enterprise antivirus solution, have multiple vulnerabilities in its handling of a variety of inputs. Alan
@RISK is the SANS community's consensus bulletin summarizing the most important vulnerabilities and exploits identified during the past week and providing guidance on appropriate actions to protect your systems (PART I). It also includes a comprehensive list of all new vulnerabilities discovered in the past week (PART II).
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Part I for this issue has been compiled by Rob King at TippingPoint, a division of 3Com, as a by-product of that company's continuous effort to ensure that its intrusion prevention products effectively block exploits using known vulnerabilities. TippingPoint's analysis is complemented by input from a council of security managers from twelve large organizations who confidentially share with SANS the specific actions they have taken to protect their systems. A detailed description of the process may be found at http://www.sans.org/newsletters/cva/#process
Description: Trend Micro ServerProtect is a popular enterprise antivirus solution. It contains multiple vulnerabilities in its handling of a variety of inputs. Successfully exploiting one of these vulnerabilities would allow an attacker to execute arbitrary code with the privileges of the vulnerable process (SYSTEM). Some technical details are publicly available for these vulnerabilities. It is confirmed that at least one vulnerability can be exploited without authentication. The exact vectors of exploitation have not been disclosed, but it is possible that an attacker could exploit at least one of these vulnerabilities by sending an email to a server running the vulnerable software.
Status: Vendor has not confirmed, no updates available.
Description: Safari, Apple's web browser for Mac OS X and Microsoft Windows, contains multiple vulnerabilities in its handling of a variety of inputs. A specially crafted web page or URL could trigger one of these vulnerabilities, with a variety of consequences, including remote code execution with the privileges of the current user. Some technical details are publicly available for these vulnerabilities. Additionally, since portions of Safari are open source, it is possible that further details may be uncovered via source code analysis. Safari on both Apple Mac OS X and Microsoft Windows is affected.
Status: Vendor confirmed, updates available.
Description: Adobe AIR is the Adobe Integrated Runtime. It is an application designed to ease development of web- and Adobe Flash-based applications with functionality similar to traditional desktop applications. Since it uses Adobe's Flash Player technology, it is also vulnerable to the issues recently discovered in that application. Additionally, it contains a vulnerability in its handling of certain input. A specially crafted set of input could trigger this vulnerability, allowing an attacker to execute arbitrary JavaScript code with elevated privileges, potentially equal to the full rights of the current user.
Status: Vendor confirmed, updates available.
Description: Exodus is a popular Jabber/XMPP instant messaging client for Microsoft Windows. XMPP (sometimes called Jabber) is a popular open-standards instant messaging protocol. Exodus contains a command-injection vulnerability in its handling of "im://" links. A specially crafted "im://" link could result in arbitrary command execution with the privileges of the current user. Exodus must be registered as the handler for the "im://" URI type for users to be vulnerable; this may be the default behavior depending on configuration. Full technical details and a simple proof-of-concept are publicly available for this vulnerability.
Status: Vendor has not confirmed, no updates available.
This list is compiled by Qualys ( www.qualys.com ) as part of that company's ongoing effort to ensure its vulnerability management web service tests for all known vulnerabilities that can be scanned. As of this week Qualys scans for 5549 unique vulnerabilities. For this special SANS community listing, Qualys also includes vulnerabilities that cannot be scanned remotely.
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