RE: Symantec LiveState Agent for Windows vulnerability - Local Privilege Escalation
> -----Original Message-----
> From: ss_team [mailto:ssteam.pl@xxxxxxxxx]
> Sent: Monday, December 04, 2006 11:28 AM
> To: bugtraq@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> 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
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>
> Credits: marc & shb
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