CVE-2008-0308

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Symantec Decomposer, as used in certain Symantec antivirus products including Symantec Scan Engine 5.1.2 and other versi

Symantec Decomposer, as used in certain Symantec antivirus products including Symantec Scan Engine 5.1.2 and other versions before 5.1.6.31, allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (memory consumption) via a malformed RAR file to the Internet Content Adaptation Protocol (ICAP) port (1344/tcp).

HIGH · CVSS 7.1 EPSS 0.01725

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CVSS base score ≥ 7.0

Sigma rules0 YARA rules0

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Affected Products & Versions

symantec scan engine<= 5.1.4.24
symantec antivirus clearswift<= 4.3.16.39
symantec antivirus filtering domino mpe<= 3.0.12
symantec antivirus messaging<= 4.3.16.39
symantec antivirus microsoft sharepoint<= 4.3.16.39
symantec antivirus ms isa<= 4.3.16.39
symantec antivirus network attached storage<= 4.3.16.39
symantec antivirus scan engine<= 4.3.16.39
Show all 11 affected productssymantec antivirus scan engine caching<= 4.3.16.39
symantec mail security exchange<= 4.6.5.12
symantec mail security exchange<= 5.0.4.363

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Scoring & Timeline

7.1

HIGH · CVSS v2 (legacy) · cve@mitre.org

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This CVE predates CVSS v3; the legacy v2 score is shown so triage still has a severity to work with.

v2 Vector

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

Published to NVD28 Feb 2008 · 08:44 PM

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References & Sources

Source URLs (vendor pages, mailing lists, write-ups). Exploit/PoC links are in their own section above to avoid duplication.

http://labs.idefense.com/intelligence/vulnerabilities/display.php?id=666

http://secunia.com/advisories/29140Vendor Advisory

http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/27911

http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1019503

http://www.symantec.com/avcenter/security/Content/2008.02.27.html

http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/0680

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