Advisory Details

May 13th, 2014

Symantec Workspace Streaming Agent XMLRPC Request putFile Method Remote Code Execution Vulnerability

CVE ID	CVE-2014-1649
CVSS SCORE	10.0, AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
AFFECTED VENDORS	Symantec
AFFECTED PRODUCTS	Symantec Workspace Streaming
VULNERABILITY DETAILS	This vulnerability allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code on vulnerable installations of Symantec Workspace Streaming. Authentication is not required to exploit this vulnerability. The specific flaw exists within the SWS Agent (as_agent.exe) component. By sending a crafted XMLRPC request to this component, an attacker is able to overwrite configuration files for the Workspace Streaming server. An attacker can exploit this vulnerability to execute arbitrary code as SYSTEM.
ADDITIONAL DETAILS	Symantec has issued an update to correct this vulnerability. More details can be found at: http://www.symantec.com/security_response/securityupdates/detail.jsp?fid=security_advisory&pvid=security_advisory&year=&suid=20140512_00
DISCLOSURE TIMELINE	2014-01-30 - Vulnerability reported to vendor 2014-05-13 - Coordinated public release of advisory
CREDIT	Andrea Micalizzi (rgod)

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