CVE-2010-0111: Symantec Antivirus

High severity, CVSS 9.3. EPSS: 34.5% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

HDNLRSVC.EXE in the Intel Alert Handler service (aka Symantec Intel Handler service) 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, allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary programs by sending msgsys.exe a UNC share pathname, which is used directly in a CreateProcessA (aka CreateProcess) call.

Affected products

• Symantec Antivirus: version 10.0 only; version 10.0.1 only; version 10.0.1.1 only; version 10.0.1.2 only; version 10.0.2 only; version 10.0.2.1 only; …
• Symantec Antivirus Central Quarantine Server: version 3.5 only; version 3.6 only
• Symantec System Center: version 10.0 only; version 10.1 only

Published 2011-01-31. Last modified 2026-06-16.