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A vulnerability in the Intel LANDesk Common Base Agent (CBA) component of Symantec Alert Management System 2 (AMS2), as used in multiple Symantec enterprise products, allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary commands. The vulnerability is triggered by sending a specially crafted packet to the CBA service, which causes the service to interpret the packet contents as a command and launch it in a new process using the CreateProcessA function. This affects several Symantec products and versions, including Symantec System Center, Symantec AntiVirus Server, Symantec AntiVirus Corporate Edition (various versions), Symantec Client Security, and Symantec Endpoint Protection.
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This repository contains a single Metasploit module (ams_xfr.rb) that exploits a remote command injection vulnerability (CVE-2009-1429) in Symantec System Center Alert Management System's xfr.exe component. The exploit targets Windows systems by connecting to TCP port 12174 and sending specially crafted data to execute arbitrary commands. The module supports both direct command execution and staged payload delivery (e.g., via TFTP), leveraging Metasploit's command stager and payload generation capabilities. The exploit is weaponized, allowing attackers to gain privileged remote code execution on vulnerable systems. The only code file is a Ruby Metasploit module, and no additional files or resources are present.
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