CVE-2006-4855
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…
Does this matter?
A public exploit is published in Exploit-DB (verified), so the technical barrier is gone even though the severity is medium and EPSS is 1.3%. Treat it as high on anything reachable from the internet.
Description
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.
- CVSS 2.0
- 4.9 MEDIUMAV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C
- EPSS
- 1.32% probability · 71th percentile
- Public exploits
- 1 in Exploit-DB · verified · first 15 September 2006
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Weakness
- CWE-399
- Affected
- symantec/client security · symantec/host ids · symantec/norton antivirus · symantec/norton internet security · symantec/norton personal firewall · symantec/norton system works · symantec/pcanywhere
- Source
- cve@mitre.org
EPSS 1.3% since 26 October 2026; no change recorded yet. Points are recorded when the score first appears and whenever it moves by a percentage point or more.
Public exploits (1)
Entries in Exploit-DB that cite this CVE. Links go to the Exploit-DB page and to the file in the public repository; nothing is hosted here. A verified tick means the Exploit-DB team confirmed the exploit works against the stated version.
References
- http://secunia.com/advisories/21938Vendor Advisory
- http://securityreason.com/securityalert/1591
- http://securityresponse.symantec.com/avcenter/security/Content/2006.09.20a.html
- http://securitytracker.com/id?1016889
- http://securitytracker.com/id?1016892
- http://securitytracker.com/id?1016893
- http://securitytracker.com/id?1016894
- http://securitytracker.com/id?1016895
- http://securitytracker.com/id?1016896
- http://securitytracker.com/id?1016897
- http://securitytracker.com/id?1016898
- http://www.matousec.com/info/advisories/Norton-Insufficient-validation-of-SymEvent-driver-input-buffer.phpVendor Advisory
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/446111/100/0/threaded
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/20051Exploit
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/3636Vendor Advisory
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/28960
- http://secunia.com/advisories/21938Vendor Advisory
- http://securityreason.com/securityalert/1591
- http://securityresponse.symantec.com/avcenter/security/Content/2006.09.20a.html
- http://securitytracker.com/id?1016889
- http://securitytracker.com/id?1016892
- http://securitytracker.com/id?1016893
- http://securitytracker.com/id?1016894
- http://securitytracker.com/id?1016895
- http://securitytracker.com/id?1016896
- http://securitytracker.com/id?1016897
- http://securitytracker.com/id?1016898
- http://www.matousec.com/info/advisories/Norton-Insufficient-validation-of-SymEvent-driver-input-buffer.phpVendor Advisory
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/446111/100/0/threaded
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/20051Exploit
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA, exploits from Exploit-DB. Refreshed daily. Download this record as JSON.