Multiple stack-based buffer overflows in Intel Alert Management System (aka AMS or AMS2), as used in Symantec AntiVirus Corporate Edition (SAVCE) 10.x before 10.1 MR10, Symantec System Center (SSC) 10.x, and Symantec Quarantine Server 3.5 and 3.6, allow remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via (1) a long string to msgsys.exe, related to the AMSSendAlertAct function in AMSLIB.dll in the Intel Alert Handler service (aka Symantec Intel Handler service); a long (2) modem string or (3) PIN number to msgsys.exe, related to pagehndl.dll in the Intel Alert Handler service; or (4) a message to msgsys.exe, related to iao.exe in the Intel Alert Originator service.
CVE-2010-0110 is a security vulnerability that . Impacting 3 products from symantec, from symantec, from symantec organizations running these solutions should prioritize assessment and patching.
Documented in 2011, this vulnerability occurred amid the cloud computing expansion era, where traditional network perimeter security models were being reevaluated. Organizations were transitioning from isolated infrastructure to interconnected systems, creating new attack surfaces that vulnerabilities like this could exploit.
2011-01-31T21:00:01.610
2025-04-11T00:51:21.963
Deferred
CVSSv2: 7.9 (HIGH)
AV:A/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
5.5
10.0
| Type | Vendor | Product | Version/Range | Vulnerable? |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Application | symantec | antivirus | 10.0 | Yes |
| Application | symantec | antivirus | 10.0 | Yes |
| Application | symantec | antivirus | 10.0 | Yes |
| Application | symantec | antivirus | 10.0.1 | Yes |
| Application | symantec | antivirus | 10.0.1.1 | Yes |
| Application | symantec | antivirus | 10.0.1.2 | Yes |
| Application | symantec | antivirus | 10.0.2 | Yes |
| Application | symantec | antivirus | 10.0.2.1 | Yes |
| Application | symantec | antivirus | 10.0.2.2 | Yes |
| Application | symantec | antivirus | 10.0.3 | Yes |
| Application | symantec | antivirus | 10.0.4 | Yes |
| Application | symantec | antivirus | 10.0.5 | Yes |
| Application | symantec | antivirus | 10.0.6 | Yes |
| Application | symantec | antivirus | 10.0.7 | Yes |
| Application | symantec | antivirus | 10.0.8 | Yes |
| Application | symantec | antivirus | 10.0.9 | Yes |
| Application | symantec | antivirus | 10.1 | Yes |
| Application | symantec | antivirus | 10.1 | Yes |
| Application | symantec | antivirus | 10.1 | Yes |
| Application | symantec | antivirus | 10.1 | Yes |
| Application | symantec | antivirus | 10.1 | Yes |
| Application | symantec | antivirus | 10.1 | Yes |
| Application | symantec | antivirus | 10.1.0.1 | Yes |
| Application | symantec | antivirus | 10.1.4 | Yes |
| Application | symantec | antivirus | 10.1.4.1 | Yes |
| Application | symantec | antivirus | 10.1.5 | Yes |
| Application | symantec | antivirus | 10.1.5.1 | Yes |
| Application | symantec | antivirus | 10.1.6 | Yes |
| Application | symantec | antivirus | 10.1.6.1 | Yes |
| Application | symantec | antivirus | 10.1.7 | Yes |
| Application | symantec | antivirus | 10.1.8 | Yes |
| Application | symantec | antivirus | 10.1.9 | Yes |
| Application | symantec | antivirus | 10.2 | Yes |
| Application | symantec | antivirus | 10.2 | Yes |
| Application | symantec | antivirus | 10.2 | Yes |
| Application | symantec | system_center | 10.0 | Yes |
| Application | symantec | system_center | 10.1 | Yes |
| Application | symantec | antivirus_central_quarantine_server | 3.5 | Yes |
| Application | symantec | antivirus_central_quarantine_server | 3.6 | Yes |
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