Vulnerabilities > CVE-2006-3455 - Local Privilege Escalation vulnerability in Symantec Client Security and Norton Antivirus
Attack vector
LOCAL Attack complexity
LOW Privileges required
SINGLE Confidentiality impact
PARTIAL Integrity impact
PARTIAL Availability impact
PARTIAL Summary
The SAVRT.SYS device driver, as used in Symantec AntiVirus Corporate Edition 8.1 and 9.0.x up to 9.0.3, and Symantec Client Security 1.1 and 2.0.x up to 2.0.3, allows local users to execute arbitrary code via a modified address for the output buffer argument to the DeviceIOControl function.
Vulnerable Configurations
References
- http://secunia.com/advisories/22536
- http://securitytracker.com/id?1017108
- http://securitytracker.com/id?1017109
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/449524/100/0/threaded
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/20684
- http://www.symantec.com/avcenter/security/Content/2006.10.23.html
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/4157
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/29762