CVE-2010-3268
The GetStringAMSHandler function in prgxhndl.dll in hndlrsvc.exe in the Intel Alert Handler service (aka Symantec Intel Handler service) in Intel Alert Management System (AMS), as used in Symantec Antivirus Corporate Edition 10.1.4.4010 on Windows 2000 SP4 and Symantec Endpoint Protection before 11.x, does not properly validate the CommandLine field of an AMS request, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) via a crafted request.
Key facts
- CVSS score
- 5.0 (v2.0)
- Severity
- MEDIUM
- CVSS vector
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P- Weakness (CWE)
- CWE-20
- EPSS score
- 3.3% (88th percentile)
- In CISA KEV
- No
- In EU EUVD
- Yes (EUVD-2010-3267)
- Published
- December 22, 2010
- NVD last modified
- June 16, 2026
- Status
- Modified
EU Vulnerability Database (EUVD)
This vulnerability is also tracked by ENISA as EUVD-2010-3267 in the EU Vulnerability Database. Last updated in EUVD on August 7, 2024.
View on the EU Vulnerability DatabaseAffected products
- intel / intel alert management system
- microsoft / windows 2000
- symantec / antivirus
- symantec / endpoint protection
- symantec / endpoint protection
- symantec / endpoint protection
- symantec / endpoint protection
- symantec / endpoint protection
- symantec / endpoint protection
- symantec / endpoint protection
- symantec / endpoint protection
- symantec / endpoint protection
- symantec / endpoint protection
- symantec / endpoint protection
- symantec / endpoint protection
- symantec / endpoint protection
- symantec / endpoint protection
- symantec / endpoint protection
- symantec / endpoint protection
- symantec / endpoint protection
Certified products that may be affected
1 FIPS 140 or Common Criteria certified product, from automated matching by sec-certs.org.
- Symantec™ Endpoint Protection Version 11.0 - Symantec Corporation - Common Criteria 383-4-84 - archived
References
- http://secunia.com/advisories/42593(Vendor Advisory)
- http://secunia.com/advisories/43099
- http://www.coresecurity.com/content/symantec-intel-handler-service-remote-dos(Exploit)
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/515191/100/0/threaded
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/45936
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1024866
- http://www.symantec.com/security_response/securityupdates/detail.jsp?fid=security_advisory&pvid=security_advisory&year=2011&suid=20110126_00
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2010/3206(Vendor Advisory)
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2011/0234
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/64028
Last updated September 17, 2026 · Source: NVD, CISA KEV, FIRST.org EPSS
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