CVE-2014-3434 describes a buffer overflow vulnerability in the sysplant driver of Symantec Endpoint Protection (SEP) Client 11.x and 12.x before 12.1 RU4 MP1b, and Small Business Edition before SEP 12.1. This flaw allows a local attacker to execute arbitrary code by providing an overly long argument to a specific IOCTL call. The vulnerability has a CVSS score of 6.9, indicating a medium severity. It requires local access (AV:L) and medium attack complexity (AC:M), but successful exploitation can lead to complete compromise of confidentiality, integrity, and availability (C:C/I:C/A:C). While not listed on the KEV catalog or Hot List, an exploit for local privilege escalation is available on ExploitDB. Despite this, there is no evidence of active exploitation, and the vulnerability has received minimal community discussion or media coverage.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
11.0CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:symantec:endpoint_protection:11.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
12.0CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:symantec:endpoint_protection:12.0:-:small_business:*:*:*:*:* | ||
12.1CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:symantec:endpoint_protection:12.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 2.0
AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
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