Symantec Sygate Personal Firewall ActiveX Buffer Overflow Vulnerability

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  3. Symantec Sygate Personal Firewall ActiveX Buffer Overflow Vulnerability
Summary
This host is installed with Symantec Sygate Personal Firewall and is prone to Buffer overflow vulnerability.
Impact
Successful exploitation could allow remote attackers to execute arbitrary code on the system or cause the application to crash. Impact Level: Application/System
Solution
No solution or patch was made available for at least one year since disclosure of this vulnerability. Likely none will be provided anymore. General solution options are to upgrade to a newer release, disable respective features, remove the product or replace the product by another one.
Insight
The flaw is caused by an error in ActiveX control in SSHelper.dll allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a long third argument to the SetRegString method.
Affected
Symantec Sygate Personal Firewall 5.6 build 2808
References
Updated on 2017-03-28
Severity
High Severity
Classification
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