RCE in Symantec Norton Antivirus
CVE-2006-3456
The Symantec NAVOPTS.DLL ActiveX control (aka Symantec.Norton.AntiVirus.NAVOptions) 12.2.0.13, as used in Norton AntiVirus, Internet Security, and System Works 2005 and 2006, is designed for use only in application-embedded web browsers, which allows remote attackers to "crash the control" via unspecified vectors related to content on a web site, and place Internet Explorer into a "defunct state" in which remote attackers can execute arbitrary code in addition to other Symantec ActiveX controls, regardless of whether they are marked safe for scripting. NOTE: this CVE was inadvertently used for an E-mail Auto-Protect issue, but that issue has been assigned CVE-2007-3771.
Vulnerability class: RCE (Remote Code Execution)
Published · last modified .
CVSS v2 metric
CVSS v2 base score 8.5 (High). Vector: AV:N/AC:M/Au:S/C:C/I:C/A:C. This CVE predates CVSS v3 and has no v3 score from NVD.
EPSS exploit prediction
EPSS: 0.039 (89.8th percentile), scored .
Low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, but still tracked. 90th percentile — 89.8% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.
EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.039 · newest: 0.039 · change: 0.000
Affected products
- Symantec Norton Antivirus — versions 2005, 2006
- Symantec Norton Internet Security — versions 2005, 2006
- Symantec Norton System Works — versions 2005, 2006
Weakness classification (CWE)
References
- www.symantec.com/avcenter/security/Content/2007.05.09.html (Vendor Advisory)
- www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/1751 (vdb-entry, Vendor Advisory)
- www.securityfocus.com/bid/23822 (vdb-entry)
- secunia.com/advisories/25172 (Vendor Advisory, third-party-advisory)
- labs.idefense.com/intelligence/vulnerabilities/display.php (Vendor Advisory, third-party-advisory)
- osvdb.org/35075 (vdb-entry)
- www.securitytracker.com/id (vdb-entry)
- exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/34200 (vdb-entry)