CVE-2006-1836 - CVE House
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Status published Medium CVE-2006-1836

Untrusted search path vulnerability in unspecified components in Symantec LiveUpdate...

Vulnerability Description

Untrusted search path vulnerability in unspecified components in Symantec LiveUpdate for Macintosh 3.0.0 through 3.5.0 do not set the execution path, which allows local users to gain privileges via a Trojan horse program.

Impact Analysis

Refer to official advisory for detailed impact metrics.

Remediation

Ensure systems are updated to the latest vendor-supplied patch levels.

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Credits & Attribution

No credits recorded in the NVD database.

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Affected Vendor

Affected Software

liveupdate, norton antivirus, norton internet security, norton personal firewall, norton system works, norton utilities
Vulnerable Versions:
3.0, 3.0.1, 3.0.2, 3.0.3, 3.5, 9.0.0, 9.0.1, 9.0.2, 9.0.3, 10.0, 10.0.0, 10.0.1, 10.9.1, 3.1, 8.0

Timeline

Official Publish: April 19th, 2006
Last Modified: August 7th, 2024
Added to House: July 18th, 2026

CVSS Vectors

Weaknesses (CWE)

No CWE data available

MITRE ATT&CK TTPs

No associated TTPs found for this vulnerability.