CVE-2006-4855

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The \Device\SymEvent driver in Symantec Norton Personal Firewall 2006 9.1.0.33, and other versions of Norton Personal Fi

The \Device\SymEvent driver in Symantec Norton Personal Firewall 2006 9.1.0.33, and other versions of Norton Personal Firewall, Internet Security, AntiVirus, SystemWorks, Symantec Client Security SCS 1.x, 2.x, 3.0, and 3.1, Symantec AntiVirus Corporate Edition SAVCE 8.x, 9.x, 10.0, and 10.1, Symantec pcAnywhere 11.5 only, and Symantec Host, allows local users to cause a denial of service (system crash) via invalid data, as demonstrated by calling DeviceIoControl to send the data.

MEDIUM · CVSS 4.9 EPSS 0.0028

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Affected Products & Versions

symantec client securityall versions
symantec host idsall versions
symantec norton antivirusall versions

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Public Exploits & PoCs

dosSymantec (Multiple Products) - 'SymEvent' Driver Local Denial of Serviceverified

pocwww.securityfocus.com · 20051www.securityfocus.com

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Scoring & Timeline

4.9

MEDIUM · CVSS v2 (legacy) · cve@mitre.org

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v2 Vector

AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C

Published to NVD19 Sep 2006 · 06:07 PM

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References & Sources

Source URLs (vendor pages, mailing lists, write-ups). Exploit/PoC links are in their own section above to avoid duplication.

http://secunia.com/advisories/21938Vendor Advisory

http://securityreason.com/securityalert/1591

http://securityresponse.symantec.com/avcenter/security/Content/2006.09.20a.html

http://securitytracker.com/id?1016889

http://securitytracker.com/id?1016892

http://securitytracker.com/id?1016893

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http://securitytracker.com/id?1016894

http://securitytracker.com/id?1016895

http://securitytracker.com/id?1016896

http://securitytracker.com/id?1016897

http://securitytracker.com/id?1016898

http://www.matousec.com/info/advisories/Norton-Insufficient-validation-of-SymEvent-driver-input-buffer.phpVendor Advisory

http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/446111/100/0/threaded

http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/3636Vendor Advisory

https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/28960

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