CVE-2006-4802 - CVE House
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Status published Medium CVE-2006-4802

Format string vulnerability in the Real Time Virus Scan service...

Vulnerability Description

Format string vulnerability in the Real Time Virus Scan service in Symantec AntiVirus Corporate Edition 8.1 up to 10.0, and Client Security 1.x up to 3.0, allows local users to execute arbitrary code via an unspecified vector related to alert notification messages, a different vector than CVE-2006-3454, a "second format string vulnerability" as found by the vendor.

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

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Affected Vendor

Affected Software

client security, norton antivirus
Vulnerable Versions:
1.0, 1.0.1, 1.0.1_build_8.01.434, 1.0.1_build_8.01.437, 1.0.1_build_8.01.446, 1.0.1_build_8.01.457, 1.0.1_build_8.01.460, 1.0.1_build_8.01.464, 1.0.1_build_8.01.471, 1.1, 1.1.1, 1.1.1_mr1_build_8.1.1.314a, 1.1.1_mr2_build_8.1.1.319, 1.1.1_mr3_build_8.1.1.323, 1.1.1_mr4_build_8.1.1.329, 1.1.1_mr5_build_8.1.1.336, 1.2, 1.3, 1.4, 1.5, 1.6, 1.7, 1.8, 1.9, 2.0, 2.0.1, 2.0.2, 2.0.3, 2.0.4, 8.1, 8.1.1.319, 8.1.1.323, 8.1.1.329, 8.1.1_build8.1.1.314a, 9.0, 9.0.1, 9.0.1.1.1000, 9.0.1.1000, 9.0.2, 9.0.4

Timeline

Official Publish: September 14th, 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.