Vulnerability in Symantec Liveupdate
CVE-2006-1836
Untrusted search path vulnerability in unspecified components in Symantec LiveUpdate for Macintosh 3.0.0 through 3.5.0 do not set the execution path, which allows local users to gain privileges via a Trojan horse program.
Published · last modified .
CVSS v2 metric
CVSS v2 base score 6.8 (Medium). Vector: AV:L/AC:L/Au:S/C:C/I:C/A:C. This CVE predates CVSS v3 and has no v3 score from NVD.
EPSS exploit prediction
EPSS: 0.004 (30.4th percentile), scored .
Very low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days; routine patching cadence is appropriate. 30th percentile — 30.4% 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 Liveupdate — versions 3.0, 3.0.1, 3.0.2
- Symantec Norton Antivirus — versions 9.0.0, 9.0.1, 9.0.2
- Symantec Norton Internet Security — versions 3.0
- Symantec Norton Personal Firewall — versions 3.0, 3.1
- Symantec Norton System Works — versions 3.0
- Symantec Norton Utilities — versions 8.0
References
- securityreason.com/securityalert/100 (third-party-advisory)
- www.securityfocus.com/bid/17571 (vdb-entry)
- www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/1386 (vdb-entry)
- www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/431318/100/0/threaded (mailing-list)
- securitytracker.com/id (vdb-entry)
- securityresponse.symantec.com/avcenter/security/Content/2006.04.17b.html (Patch)
- secunia.com/advisories/19682 (Vendor Advisory, third-party-advisory)
- exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/25839 (vdb-entry)