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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…
Medium4.9EPSS 1.3%
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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.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| NVDNVD · Modified | 2.0 | Medium4.9 | AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 1.3% · top 29% of all CVEs (5 Nov 2026)
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The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: Medium 4.9.
Weakness
Affected products
n/a
- affected n/a
References (16)
- 1016892 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACKx_transferred
- 21938 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- 1016893 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACKx_transferred
- 1016895 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACKx_transferred
- 1016889 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACKx_transferred
- 20060915 Symantec Norton Insufficient validation of 'SymEvent' driver input buffer (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQx_transferred
- 1016897 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACKx_transferred
- 1591 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SREASONx_transferred
- 1016896 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACKx_transferred
- http://www.matousec.com/info/advisories/Norton-Insufficient-validation-of-SymEvent-driver-input-buffer.php (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
- 20051 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDx_transferred
- http://securityresponse.symantec.com/avcenter/security/Content/2006.09.20a.html (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- ADV-2006-3636 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_VUPENx_transferred
- symantec-firewall-symevent-dos(28960) (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_XFx_transferred
- 1016894 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACKx_transferred
- 1016898 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACKx_transferred
Sources
The same CVE in the primary databases and aggregators, to check against.
- CVE.org record (opens in a new tab)
- CVE List JSON (GitHub) (opens in a new tab)
- NVD (opens in a new tab)
- FIRST EPSS (opens in a new tab)
- OSV.dev (opens in a new tab)
- GitHub Advisories (opens in a new tab)
- CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)
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