CVE-2006-4855 - CVE House
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Status published Medium CVE-2006-4855

The \Device\SymEvent driver in Symantec Norton Personal Firewall 2006 9.1.0.33,...

Vulnerability 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.

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

client security, host ids, norton antivirus, norton internet security, norton personal firewall, norton system works, pcanywhere
Vulnerable Versions:
1.0, 1.0.0_b8.01.9378, 1.0.1, 1.0.1_build_8.01.425a, 1.0.1_build_8.01.429c, 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, 1.0.1_build_8.01.501, 1.0_build_8.01.9374, 1.1, 1.1.1, 1.1.1_build_393, 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, 1.1.1_mr6_b8.1.1.266, 1.1_stm_b8.1.0.825a, 2.0, 2.0.1_build_9.0.1.1000, 2.0.2_build_9.0.2.1000, 2.0.3_build_9.0.3.1000, 2.0.5_build_1100, 2.0_scf_7.1, 2.0_stm_build_9.0.0.338, 3.0, 3.1, 2.1, 8.0, 8.0.1, 8.0.1.425a, 8.0.1.425c, 8.0.1.501, 8.0.1.9374, 8.0.1.9378, 8.1, 8.1.0.825a, 8.1.1, 8.1.1.319, 8.1.1.323, 8.1.1.329, 8.1.1.366, 8.1.1.377, 8.1.1_build8.1.1.314a, 8.1.1_build393, 8.01.434, 8.01.437, 8.01.446, 8.01.457, 8.01.460, 8.01.464, 8.01.471, 9.0, 9.0.0.338, 9.0.1.1.1000, 9.0.2.1000, 9.0.3.1000, 9.0.4, 9.0.5, 9.0.5.1100, 10.0, 10.0.2.2000, 10.0.2.2001, 10.0.2.2002, 10.0.2.2010, 10.0.2.2011, 10.0.2.2020, 10.0.2.2021, 10.1, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2003_professional_edition, 2004_professional_edition, 2005_premier, 11.5

Timeline

Official Publish: September 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.