CVE-2010-3268: Intel Alert Management System

Medium severity, CVSS 5.0. EPSS: 3.3% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

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.

Affected products

• Intel Intel Alert Management System: any version
• Symantec Antivirus: version 10.1.4.4010 only
• Symantec Endpoint Protection: version 11.0 only; version 11.0.1 only; version 11.0.2 only; version 11.0.4 only; version 11.0.3001 only

Published 2010-12-22. Last modified 2026-06-16.