CVE-2009-1429

Severity: critical (CVSS 10.0 v2.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 87.7% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: yes
Published: 2009-04-29 · updated 2026-06-16
Weakness: CWE-94

Description

The Intel LANDesk Common Base Agent (CBA) in Symantec Alert Management System 2 (AMS2), as used in Symantec System Center (SSS); Symantec AntiVirus Server; Symantec AntiVirus Central Quarantine Server; Symantec AntiVirus (SAV) Corporate Edition 9 before 9.0 MR7, 10.0 and 10.1 before 10.1 MR8, and 10.2 before 10.2 MR2; Symantec Client Security (SCS) 2 before 2.0 MR7 and 3 before 3.1 MR8; and Symantec Endpoint Protection (SEP) before 11.0 MR3, allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary commands via a crafted packet whose contents are interpreted as a command to be launched in a new process by the CreateProcessA function.

Affected products

Symantec Antivirus: through 9.0; through 10.1; through 10.2; 10.0, 10.0.1, 10.0.1.1, 10.0.2, 10.0.2.1, 10.0.2.2 (+7)
Symantec Antivirus Central Quarantine Server: all versions
Symantec Client Security: through 3.1; 2.0, 3.0, 3.0.0.359, 3.0.1.1000, 3.0.1.1001, 3.0.1.1007 (+10)
Symantec Endpoint Protection: through 11.0
Symantec System Center: all versions

References

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