bugtraq - RE: Symantec LiveState Agent for Windows vulnerability

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Date: Tue, 5 Dec 2006 07:40:59 -0500
From: "Michael Scheidell" <scheidell@...nap.net>
To: "ss_team" <ssteam.pl@...il.com>, <bugtraq@...urityfocus.com>
Cc: <security@...antec.com>
Subject: RE: Symantec LiveState Agent for Windows vulnerability - Local Privilege Escalation


> -----Original Message-----
> From: ss_team [mailto:ssteam.pl@...il.com] 
> Sent: Monday, December 04, 2006 11:28 AM
> To: bugtraq@...urityfocus.com
> Subject: Symantec LiveState Agent for Windows vulnerability - 
> Local Privilege Escalation
> 
> 
> hello,
> 
> we've found local privilege escalation in Symantec LiveState agent.
> 
> PoC:
> 
> 1. kill shstart.exe process

Wouldn't you have to be administrator to kill shstart.exe?


> 2. from symantec livestate agent icon in systray choose "Web 
> Self-Service"
> 3. New browser window will open, it is running with SYSTEM privileges.
> 
> tested on fully patched Win XP SP2, Symantec LiveState agent 7.1
> 
> 
> Credits: marc & shb
> 
> 
> -- 
> http://ssteam.ath.cx
>