PT-2015-4167 · Symantec · Symantec Endpoint Protection+1

Published 2015-09-20 · Updated 2017-09-23 · CVE-2014-9228

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v2.0

4.9

Medium

Base vector

AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions Symantec Endpoint Protection versions prior to 12.1.6

Description The issue allows local users to cause a denial of service, specifically a blocked system shutdown, by triggering an unspecified deadlock condition in the sysplant.sys file within the Manager component.

Recommendations For versions prior to 12.1.6, update to version 12.1.6 or later to resolve the issue.

Fix

DoS

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-399

Related Identifiers

CVE-2014-9228

Affected Products

Symantec Endpoint Protection

Symantec Endpoint Protection Client

References · 5

• http://symantec.com/security_response/securityupdates/detail.jsp?fid=security_advisory&pvid=security_advisory&year=&suid=20150617_00 · Vendor Advisory
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2014-9228 · Security Note
• http://securityfocus.com/bid/75202 · Note
• https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2014-9228 · Note
• http://securitytracker.com/id/1032616 · Note