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CVE-2002-2206

The POP3 proxy service (POPROXY.EXE) in Norton AntiVirus 2001 allows local users to cause a denial of service (CPU consu

The POP3 proxy service (POPROXY.EXE) in Norton AntiVirus 2001 allows local users to cause a denial of service (CPU consumption and crash) via a long username with multiple /localhost entries.

HIGH · CVSS 7.8 EPSS 0.0104
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  • CVSS base score ≥ 7.0
Sigma rules0 YARA rules0
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Affected Products & Versions

1
symantec norton antivirusall versions
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Scoring & Timeline

7.8
HIGH · CVSS v2 (legacy) · cve@mitre.org
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This CVE predates CVSS v3; the legacy v2 score is shown so triage still has a severity to work with.
v2 Vector
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C
Published to NVD31 Dec 2002 · 05:00 AM
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References & Sources

4
Source URLs (vendor pages, mailing lists, write-ups). Exploit/PoC links are in their own section above to avoid duplication.
http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/bugtraq/2002-09/0240.html
http://www.iss.net/security_center/static/10085.php
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/291358
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/5692
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