CVE-2008-3703

Severity: critical (CVSS 10.0 v2.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 12.2% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: none known
Published: 2008-08-18 · updated 2026-06-16
Weakness: CWE-287

Description

The management console in the Volume Manager Scheduler Service (aka VxSchedService.exe) in Symantec Veritas Storage Foundation for Windows (SFW) 5.0, 5.0 RP1a, and 5.1 accepts NULL NTLMSSP authentication, which allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via requests to the service socket that create "snapshots schedules" registry values specifying future command execution. NOTE: this issue exists because of an incomplete fix for CVE-2007-2279.

Affected products

Symantec Veritas Storage Foundation: 5.0, 5.0-rp1a, 5.1

References

http://secunia.com/advisories/31486
http://securityreason.com/securityalert/4161
http://securitytracker.com/id?1020699
http://seer.entsupport.symantec.com/docs/306386.htm
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/495481
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/495487/100/0/threaded
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/30596
http://www.symantec.com/avcenter/security/Content/2008.08.14a.html
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/2395
http://www.zerodayinitiative.com/advisories/ZDI-08-053/
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/44466
http://secunia.com/advisories/31486

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