Vulnerability in Symantec Antivirus Scan Engine
CVE-2006-0232
Symantec Scan Engine 5.0.0.24, and possibly other versions before 5.1.0.7, stores sensitive log and virus definition files under the web root with insufficient access control, which allows remote attackers to obtain the information via direct requests.
Published · last modified .
CVSS v2 metric
CVSS v2 base score 5.0 (Medium). Vector: AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N. This CVE predates CVSS v3 and has no v3 score from NVD.
EPSS exploit prediction
EPSS: 0.024 (83.4th percentile), scored .
Low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, but still tracked. 83rd percentile — 83.4% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.
EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.024 · newest: 0.024 · change: 0.000
Affected products
- Symantec Antivirus Scan Engine — versions 5.0.0.24
References
- www.securityfocus.com/bid/17637 (vdb-entry)
- www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/431728/100/0/threaded (mailing-list)
- secunia.com/advisories/19734 (third-party-advisory)
- www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/431734/100/0/threaded (mailing-list)
- exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/25974 (vdb-entry)
- securityreason.com/securityalert/758 (third-party-advisory)
- securityreason.com/securityalert/759 (third-party-advisory)
- archives.neohapsis.com/archives/vulnwatch/2006-q2/0012.html (Vendor Advisory, mailing-list, Exploit, Patch)
- www.symantec.com/avcenter/security/Content/2006.04.21.html
- www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/1464 (vdb-entry)