Vulnerabilities > CVE-2006-4855 - Resource Management Errors vulnerability in Symantec products

047910
CVSS 4.9 - MEDIUM
Attack vector
LOCAL
Attack complexity
LOW
Privileges required
NONE
Confidentiality impact
NONE
Integrity impact
NONE
Availability impact
COMPLETE
local
low complexity
symantec
CWE-399
exploit available

Summary

The \Device\SymEvent driver in Symantec Norton Personal Firewall 2006 9.1.0.33, and other versions of Norton Personal Firewall, Internet Security, AntiVirus, SystemWorks, Symantec Client Security SCS 1.x, 2.x, 3.0, and 3.1, Symantec AntiVirus Corporate Edition SAVCE 8.x, 9.x, 10.0, and 10.1, Symantec pcAnywhere 11.5 only, and Symantec Host, allows local users to cause a denial of service (system crash) via invalid data, as demonstrated by calling DeviceIoControl to send the data.

Vulnerable Configurations

Part Description Count
Application
Symantec
101

Common Weakness Enumeration (CWE)

Exploit-Db

descriptionSymantec Multiple Products SymEvent Driver Local Denial of Service Vulnerability. CVE-2006-4855. Dos exploit for windows platform
idEDB-ID:28588
last seen2016-02-03
modified2006-09-15
published2006-09-15
reporterDavid Matousek
sourcehttps://www.exploit-db.com/download/28588/
titleSymantec Multiple Products SymEvent Driver Local Denial of Service Vulnerability