Vulnerability in Broadcom Etrust Antivirus
CVE-2006-6496
The (1) VetMONNT.sys and (2) VetFDDNT.sys drivers in CA Anti-Virus 2007 8.1, Anti-Virus for Vista Beta 8.2, and CA Internet Security Suite 2007 v3.0 do not properly handle NULL buffers, which allows local users with administrative access to cause a denial of service (system crash) via certain IOCTLs.
Published · last modified .
CVSS v2 metric
CVSS v2 base score 6.6 (Medium). Vector: AV:L/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: 0.004 (31.9th percentile), scored .
Very low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days; routine patching cadence is appropriate. 32nd percentile — 31.9% 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
- Broadcom Etrust Antivirus — versions 8.1, 8.2
- Broadcom Internet Security Suite — versions 3.0
References
- www3.ca.com/securityadvisor/vulninfo/vuln.aspx
- crm.my-etrust.com/CIDocument.asp
- www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/454420/100/0/threaded (mailing-list)
- www.reversemode.com/index.php
- www.osvdb.org/30845 (vdb-entry)
- www.securityfocus.com/bid/21593 (vdb-entry)
- securitytracker.com/id (vdb-entry)
- exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/30909 (vdb-entry)
- secunia.com/advisories/23378 (third-party-advisory)
- www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/5010 (vdb-entry)