CVE-2006-4855
Symantec SymEvent Driver Denial of Service Vulnerability
Description
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.
INFO
Published Date :
Sept. 19, 2006, 6:07 p.m.
Last Modified :
Nov. 21, 2024, 12:16 a.m.
Source :
[email protected]
Remotely Exploitable :
No
Impact Score :
6.9
Exploitability Score :
3.9
Affected Products
The following products are affected by CVE-2006-4855
vulnerability.
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References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools
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CVE-2006-4855.
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The following list is the news that have been mention
CVE-2006-4855 vulnerability anywhere in the article.
The following table lists the changes that have been made to the
CVE-2006-4855 vulnerability over time.
Vulnerability history details can be useful for understanding the evolution of a vulnerability, and for identifying the most recent changes that may impact the vulnerability's severity, exploitability, or other characteristics.
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CVE Modified by af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Nov. 21, 2024
Action Type Old Value New Value Added Reference http://secunia.com/advisories/21938 Added Reference http://securityreason.com/securityalert/1591 Added Reference http://securityresponse.symantec.com/avcenter/security/Content/2006.09.20a.html Added Reference http://securitytracker.com/id?1016889 Added Reference http://securitytracker.com/id?1016892 Added Reference http://securitytracker.com/id?1016893 Added Reference http://securitytracker.com/id?1016894 Added Reference http://securitytracker.com/id?1016895 Added Reference http://securitytracker.com/id?1016896 Added Reference http://securitytracker.com/id?1016897 Added Reference http://securitytracker.com/id?1016898 Added Reference http://www.matousec.com/info/advisories/Norton-Insufficient-validation-of-SymEvent-driver-input-buffer.php Added Reference http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/446111/100/0/threaded Added Reference http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/20051 Added Reference http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/3636 Added Reference https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/28960 -
CVE Modified by [email protected]
May. 14, 2024
Action Type Old Value New Value -
CVE Modified by [email protected]
Oct. 17, 2018
Action Type Old Value New Value Removed Reference http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/archive/1/446111/100/0/threaded [No Types Assigned] Added Reference http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/446111/100/0/threaded [No Types Assigned] -
CVE Modified by [email protected]
Jul. 20, 2017
Action Type Old Value New Value Removed Reference http://xforce.iss.net/xforce/xfdb/28960 [No Types Assigned] Added Reference https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/28960 [No Types Assigned] -
Initial Analysis by [email protected]
Sep. 20, 2006
Action Type Old Value New Value
CWE - Common Weakness Enumeration
While CVE identifies
specific instances of vulnerabilities, CWE categorizes the common flaws or
weaknesses that can lead to vulnerabilities. CVE-2006-4855 is
associated with the following CWEs:
Common Attack Pattern Enumeration and Classification (CAPEC)
Common Attack Pattern Enumeration and Classification
(CAPEC)
stores attack patterns, which are descriptions of the common attributes and
approaches employed by adversaries to exploit the CVE-2006-4855
weaknesses.
Exploit Prediction
EPSS is a daily estimate of the probability of exploitation activity being observed over the next 30 days.
0.04 }} 0.00%
score
0.00501
percentile