6.6
MEDIUM
CVE-2006-6496
CA Anti-Virus Denial of Service Driver Vulnerability
Description

The (1) VetMONNT.sys and (2) VetFDDNT.sys drivers in CA Anti-Virus 2007 8.1, Anti-Virus for Vista Beta 8.2, and CA Internet Security Suite 2007 v3.0 do not properly handle NULL buffers, which allows local users with administrative access to cause a denial of service (system crash) via certain IOCTLs.

INFO

Published Date :

Dec. 13, 2006, 9:28 p.m.

Last Modified :

Nov. 21, 2024, 12:22 a.m.

Remotely Exploitable :

No

Impact Score :

10.0

Exploitability Score :

2.7
Affected Products

The following products are affected by CVE-2006-6496 vulnerability. Even if cvefeed.io is aware of the exact versions of the products that are affected, the information is not represented in the table below.

ID Vendor Product Action
1 Broadcom internet_security_suite
2 Broadcom etrust_antivirus

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The following list is the news that have been mention CVE-2006-6496 vulnerability anywhere in the article.

The following table lists the changes that have been made to the CVE-2006-6496 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.

  • CVE Modified by af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108

    Nov. 21, 2024

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added Reference http://crm.my-etrust.com/CIDocument.asp?KDId=2651&GUID=9FD7E4F8362C4A168D88B4FFA34DCB4C
    Added Reference http://secunia.com/advisories/23378
    Added Reference http://securitytracker.com/id?1017381
    Added Reference http://securitytracker.com/id?1017382
    Added Reference http://www.osvdb.org/30845
    Added Reference http://www.reversemode.com/index.php?option=com_remository&Itemid=2&func=fileinfo&id=41
    Added Reference http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/454420/100/0/threaded
    Added Reference http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/21593
    Added Reference http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/5010
    Added Reference http://www3.ca.com/securityadvisor/vulninfo/vuln.aspx?id=34870
    Added Reference https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/30909
  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    May. 14, 2024

    Action Type Old Value New Value
  • CPE Deprecation Remap by [email protected]

    Apr. 09, 2021

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Changed CPE Configuration OR *cpe:2.3:a:ca:internet_security_suite:3.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* OR *cpe:2.3:a:broadcom:internet_security_suite:3.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • CPE Deprecation Remap by [email protected]

    Apr. 09, 2021

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Changed CPE Configuration OR *cpe:2.3:a:ca:etrust_antivirus:8.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* OR *cpe:2.3:a:broadcom:etrust_antivirus:8.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • CPE Deprecation Remap by [email protected]

    Apr. 09, 2021

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Changed CPE Configuration OR *cpe:2.3:a:ca:etrust_antivirus:8.2:beta:*:*:*:*:*:* OR *cpe:2.3:a:broadcom:etrust_antivirus:8.2:beta:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    Oct. 17, 2018

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Removed Reference http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/archive/1/454420/100/0/threaded [No Types Assigned]
    Added Reference http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/454420/100/0/threaded [No Types Assigned]
  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    Jul. 29, 2017

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Removed Reference http://xforce.iss.net/xforce/xfdb/30909 [No Types Assigned]
    Added Reference https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/30909 [No Types Assigned]
  • Initial Analysis by [email protected]

    Dec. 13, 2006

    Action Type Old Value New Value
EPSS is a daily estimate of the probability of exploitation activity being observed over the next 30 days. Following chart shows the EPSS score history of the vulnerability.
CWE - Common Weakness Enumeration

While CVE identifies specific instances of vulnerabilities, CWE categorizes the common flaws or weaknesses that can lead to vulnerabilities. CVE-2006-6496 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-2006-6496 weaknesses.

Exploit Prediction

EPSS is a daily estimate of the probability of exploitation activity being observed over the next 30 days.

0.06 }} 0.02%

score

0.24779

percentile

CVSS2 - Vulnerability Scoring System
Access Vector
Access Complexity
Authentication
Confidentiality
Integrity
Availability