Vulnerability in Symantec Norton Antivirus
CVE-2005-0923
The SmartScan feature in the Auto-Protect module for Symantec Norton AntiVirus 2004 and 2005, as also used in Internet Security 2004/2005 and System Works 2004/2005, allows attackers to cause a denial of service (CPU consumption and system crash) by renaming a file on a network share.
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CVSS v2 metric
CVSS v2 base score 2.1 (Low). Vector: AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P. This CVE predates CVSS v3 and has no v3 score from NVD.
EPSS exploit prediction
EPSS: 0.004 (36.3th percentile), scored .
Very low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days; routine patching cadence is appropriate. 36th percentile — 36.3% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.
EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.004 · newest: 0.004 · change: 0.000
Affected products
- Symantec Norton Antivirus — versions 2.1, 2005
- Symantec Norton Internet Security — versions 2004, 2005
- Symantec Norton System Works — versions 2004_professional, 2005_premier
References
- securityresponse.symantec.com/avcenter/security/Content/2005.03.28.html (Vendor Advisory)
- securitytracker.com/id (vdb-entry)
- www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/713620 (US Government Resource, Third Party Advisory, third-party-advisory)
- securitytracker.com/id (vdb-entry)
- www.securityfocus.com/bid/12924 (vdb-entry)
- securitytracker.com/id (vdb-entry)
- secunia.com/advisories/14741 (third-party-advisory)