symantec endpoint protection manager web console crashes

Prior to SEP 14 RU1 Symantec Endpoint Protection product can encounter an issue of Tamper-Protection Bypass, which is a type of attack that bypasses the real time protection for the application that is run on servers and clients. This could result in a non-privileged user gaining privileged access on the local machine. In very narrow circumstances, and on 64-bit systems only, this could allow the user to run arbitrary code on the local machine with kernel-level privileges. On all 32-bit systems and in most cases on 64-bit systems, this will result in a denial of service that will crash the system. If properly constructed, the file could access the driver interface and potentially manipulate certain system calls. A non-admin user would need to be able to save an executable file to disk and then be able to successfully run that file. SEP 14.0 and later are not impacted by this issue.

Published: Ap3:29:00 PM -0400Ī version of the SymEvent Driver that shipped with Symantec Endpoint Protection 12.1 RU6 MP6 and earlier fails to properly sanitize logged-in user input. Successful exploitation of an attack of this type requires considerable direct user-interaction from the user exporting and then opening the log files on the intended target client. Prior to 14.0 MP1 and 12.1 RU6 MP7, the potential exists for file metadata to be interpreted and evaluated as a formula. The quarantine logs can be exported for review by the user in a variety of formats including. Symantec Endpoint Protection clients place detected malware in quarantine as part of the intended product functionality.

Symantec endpoint protection manager web console crashes