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CVE-2006-6496
The (1) VetMONNT.sys and (2) VetFDDNT.sys drivers in CA Anti-Virus 2007 8.1, Anti-Virus for Vista Beta 8.2, and CA Internet Security Suite…
Medium6.6EPSS 0.38%
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- mitre
Description
The (1) VetMONNT.sys and (2) VetFDDNT.sys drivers in CA Anti-Virus 2007 8.1, Anti-Virus for Vista Beta 8.2, and CA Internet Security Suite 2007 v3.0 do not properly handle NULL buffers, which allows local users with administrative access to cause a denial of service (system crash) via certain IOCTLs.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| NVDNVD · Modified | 2.0 | Medium6.6 | AV:L/AC:M/Au:S/C:C/I:C/A:C |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 0.38% · top 68% 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 6.6.
Weakness
- n/a
Affected products
n/a
- affected n/a
References (11)
- http://www3.ca.com/securityadvisor/vulninfo/vuln.aspx?id=34870 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- http://crm.my-etrust.com/CIDocument.asp?KDId=2651&GUID=9FD7E4F8362C4A168D88B4FFA34DCB4C (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- 20061214 [CAID 34870]: CA Anti-Virus vetfddnt.sys, vetmonnt.sys Local Denial of Service Vulnerabilities (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQx_transferred
- http://www.reversemode.com/index.php?option=com_remository&Itemid=2&func=fileinfo&id=41 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
- 30845 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_OSVDBx_transferred
- 21593 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDx_transferred
- 1017382 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACKx_transferred
- ca-vetmonnt-vetfddnt-dos(30909) (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_XFx_transferred
- 23378 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- ADV-2006-5010 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_VUPENx_transferred
- 1017381 (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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