Vulnerability in Symantec Automated Support Assistant
CVE-2006-5403
Stack-based buffer overflow in an ActiveX control used in Symantec Automated Support Assistant, as used in Norton AntiVirus, Internet Security, and System Works 2005 and 2006, allows user-assisted remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) and possibly execute arbitrary code via unspecified vectors.
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CVSS v2 metric
CVSS v2 base score 5.1 (Medium). Vector: AV:N/AC:H/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P. This CVE predates CVSS v3 and has no v3 score from NVD.
EPSS exploit prediction
EPSS: 0.063 (93.4th percentile), scored .
Low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, but still tracked. 93rd percentile — 93.4% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.
EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.060 · newest: 0.063 · change: +0.003
Affected products
- Symantec Automated Support Assistant
- Symantec Norton Antivirus
- Symantec Norton Internet Security — versions 2006
- Symantec Norton System Works — versions 2005, 2006
References
- securitytracker.com/id (vdb-entry)
- securitytracker.com/id (vdb-entry)
- securityresponse.symantec.com/avcenter/security/Content/2006.10.05.html
- securitytracker.com/id (vdb-entry)
- www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/3929 (vdb-entry)
- www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/400601 (US Government Resource, third-party-advisory)
- exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/29363 (vdb-entry)
- secunia.com/advisories/22228 (Vendor Advisory, third-party-advisory)
- securitytracker.com/id (vdb-entry)
- www.securityfocus.com/bid/20348 (vdb-entry)