SOC status:Duty analyst on shift

UK Cyber Defence
VulnerabilityModified

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)…

MEDIUM 5.1EPSS 5.98%

Does this matter?

Lower severity and a low EPSS score (5.98%). Track it; it rarely justifies an emergency change on its own.

Description

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.

CVSS 2.0
5.1 MEDIUMAV:N/AC:H/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
EPSS
5.98% probability · 93th percentile
CISA KEV
Not listed
Affected
symantec/automated support assistant · symantec/norton antivirus · symantec/norton internet security · symantec/norton system works
Source
cve@mitre.org

References

Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA. Refreshed daily.