Executive Summary

Informations
Name CVE-2008-4388 First vendor Publication 2009-01-20
Vendor Cve Last vendor Modification 2009-05-18

Security-Database Scoring CVSS v3

Cvss vector : N/A
Overall CVSS Score NA
Base Score NA Environmental Score NA
impact SubScore NA Temporal Score NA
Exploitabality Sub Score NA
 
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Security-Database Scoring CVSS v2

Cvss vector : (AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C)
Cvss Base Score 9.3 Attack Range Network
Cvss Impact Score 10 Attack Complexity Medium
Cvss Expoit Score 8.6 Authentication None Required
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Detail

The LaunchObj ActiveX control before 5.2.2.865 in launcher.dll in Symantec AppStream Client 5.2.x before 5.2.2 SP3 MP1 does not properly validate downloaded files, which allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via the installAppMgr method and unspecified other methods.

Original Source

Url : http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2008-4388

CWE : Common Weakness Enumeration

% Id Name
100 % CWE-20 Improper Input Validation

CPE : Common Platform Enumeration

TypeDescriptionCount
Application 1

SAINT Exploits

Description Link
Symantec AppStream Client LaunchObj ActiveX Control installAppMgr vulnerability More info here

Open Source Vulnerability Database (OSVDB)

Id Description
51410 Symantec AppStream Client LaunchObj ActiveX (launcher.dll) installAppMgr Meth...

A code execution flaw exists in Appstream Client. The LaunchObj ActiveX control fails to validate data passed to the installAppMgr method. With a specially crafted website, a context-dependent attacker can cause arbitrary code execution resulting in a loss of integrity.

Snort® IPS/IDS

Date Description
2014-01-10 Symantec AppStream Client LaunchObj ActiveX clsid access attempt
RuleID : 17054 - Revision : 9 - Type : BROWSER-PLUGINS
2014-01-10 Symantec AppStream Client LaunchObj ActiveX clsid access attempt
RuleID : 17053 - Revision : 9 - Type : BROWSER-PLUGINS
2014-01-10 Symantec AppStream Client LaunchObj ActiveX clsid access attempt
RuleID : 17052 - Revision : 9 - Type : BROWSER-PLUGINS
2014-01-10 Symantec AppStream Client LaunchObj ActiveX clsid access attempt
RuleID : 17051 - Revision : 12 - Type : BROWSER-PLUGINS

Nessus® Vulnerability Scanner

Date Description
2009-01-17 Name : The remote Windows host has an ActiveX control that can be used to download a...
File : appstream_launchobj_activex_sym09_001.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO

Sources (Detail)

Source Url
BID http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/33247
CERT-VN http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/194505
CONFIRM http://www.symantec.com/avcenter/security/Content/2009.01.15.html
SECTRACK http://securitytracker.com/id?1021609

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