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May 26th, 2006, 12:29 AM
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Should we be surprised at this?: Company: Hackers can crack top antivirus program
Credit - CNN who credits the AP who credits eEye - I can't get no credit or satisfaction :
WASHINGTON (AP) -- Symantec Corp.'s leading antivirus software, which protects some of the world's largest corporations and U.S. government agencies, suffers from a flaw that lets hackers seize control of computers to steal sensitive data, delete files or implant malicious programs, researchers said Thursday.
Link: http://www.cnn.com/2006/TECH/interne....ap/index.html
From eEye:
Date Reported:
May 24, 2006
Vendor:
Symantec
Description:
A remotely exploitable vulnerability exists within the Symantec Antivirus program. This flaw does not require any end user interaction for exploitation and can compromise affected systems, allowing for the execution of malicious code with SYSTEM level access.
Severity:
High (Remote Code Execution)
Remote Code Execution:
Yes
Software Affected:
Symantec Antivirus 10.x
(Other Symantec AntiVirus products are also potentially affected, waiting for vendor list)
Status:
Initial report stage
Source: http://www.eeye.com/html/research/up.../20060524.html
For those with Symantec, and this is a "just-in-case" thing, what would work to replace Symantec on an enterprise level - say 30-50,000 workstations and > 5,000 MS servers? "Buelller?, Bueller?, Bueller?"
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