Symantec Norton Ghost, Norton Save & Recovery, LiveState Recovery, and BackupExec System Recovery before 20070426, when remote backups of restore point images are configured, encrypt network share credentials with a key formed by a hash of the username, which allows local users to obtain the credentials by calculating the key.
Affected Software
| Name | Vendor | Start Version | End Version |
|---|---|---|---|
| Backupexec_system_recovery | Symantec | 6.5 (including) | 6.5 (including) |
| Backupexec_system_recovery | Symantec | 6.52 (including) | 6.52 (including) |
| Backupexec_system_recovery | Symantec | 6.52a (including) | 6.52a (including) |
| Backupexec_system_recovery | Symantec | 6.53 (including) | 6.53 (including) |
| Livestate_recovery | Symantec | 6.0 (including) | 6.0 (including) |
| Livestate_recovery | Symantec | 6.01 (including) | 6.01 (including) |
| Livestate_recovery | Symantec | 6.02 (including) | 6.02 (including) |
| Norton_ghost | Symantec | 10.0 (including) | 10.0 (including) |
| Norton_ghost | Symantec | 10.01 (including) | 10.01 (including) |
| Norton_save_and_recovery | Symantec | 1.01 (including) | 1.01 (including) |
| Norton_save_and_recovery | Symantec | 1.01b (including) | 1.01b (including) |
| Norton_save_and_recovery | Symantec | 11.0 (including) | 11.0 (including) |
| Norton_save_and_recovery | Symantec | 11.01 (including) | 11.01 (including) |
| Norton_save_and_recovery | Symantec | 11.01b (including) | 11.01b (including) |
References
- http://labs.idefense.com/intelligence/vulnerabilities/display.php?id=520
- http://secunia.com/advisories/25013
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1017971
- http://www.symantec.com/avcenter/security/Content/2007.04.26.html
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/1552
- http://labs.idefense.com/intelligence/vulnerabilities/display.php?id=520
- http://secunia.com/advisories/25013
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1017971
- http://www.symantec.com/avcenter/security/Content/2007.04.26.html
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/1552