CVE-2014-3434

Severity: medium (CVSS 6.9 v2.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 1.6% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: yes
Published: 2014-08-06 · updated 2026-06-17
Weakness: CWE-119

Description

Buffer overflow in the sysplant driver in Symantec Endpoint Protection (SEP) Client 11.x and 12.x before 12.1 RU4 MP1b, and Small Business Edition before SEP 12.1, allows local users to execute arbitrary code via a long argument to a 0x00222084 IOCTL call.

Affected products

Symantec Endpoint Protection: 11.0, 12.0, 12.1

References

http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/127772/Symantec-Endpoint-Protection-11.x-12.x-Kernel-Pool-Overflow.html
http://secunia.com/advisories/58996
http://secunia.com/advisories/59697
http://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/34272
http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/252068
http://www.osvdb.org/109663
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/68946
http://www.symantec.com/security_response/securityupdates/detail.jsp?fid=security_advisory&pvid=security_advisory&year=&suid=20140804_00
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/95062
http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/127772/Symantec-Endpoint-Protection-11.x-12.x-Kernel-Pool-Overflow.html
http://secunia.com/advisories/58996
http://secunia.com/advisories/59697

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