CVE-2010-3268
The GetStringAMSHandler function in prgxhndl.dll in hndlrsvc.exe in the Intel Alert Handler service (aka Symantec Intel Handler service)…
- 5.0MediumCVSS base score
- 3.3%Exploitation in 30 daysEPSS · top 11% of all CVEs
- NoKnown exploitednot in CISA's KEV catalog
- NonePublic exploitsnone known yet
Description
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.
Timeline
ID reserved
By mitre
- 3 months later
· 3 months later
Published
- 14 years later
· 14 years later
Record updated
Changes after publication (a new score, a public exploit, EPSS crossing 1, 10 or 50 %, leaving KEV) are kept since November 2026; earlier ones are not known.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| NVDNVD · Modified | 2.0 | Medium5.0 | AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 3.3% · top 11% of all CVEs (10 Nov 2026)
The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: Medium 5.0.
Affected products
n/a
- affected n/a
References
10
- 20101213 [CORE-2010-0728] Symantec Intel Handler Service Remote Denial-of-Service (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQx_transferred
- 43099 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- http://www.symantec.com/security_response/securityupdates/detail.jsp?fid=security_advisory&pvid=security_advisory&year=2011&suid=20110126_00 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- ADV-2010-3206 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_VUPENx_transferred
- http://www.coresecurity.com/content/symantec-intel-handler-service-remote-dos (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
- 42593 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- 1024866 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACKx_transferred
- symantec-antivirus-handler-service-dos(64028) (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_XFx_transferred
- 45936 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDx_transferred
- ADV-2011-0234 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_VUPENx_transferred
Sources
The same CVE in the primary databases and aggregators, to check against.
- CVE.org record (opens in a new tab)
- CVE List JSON (GitHub) (opens in a new tab)
- NVD (opens in a new tab)
- FIRST EPSS (opens in a new tab)
- EUVD EUVD-2010-3267 (opens in a new tab)
- OSV.dev (opens in a new tab)
- GitHub Advisories (opens in a new tab)
- CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)
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