CVE-2005-2017

2005-08-2904:00:00

mitre

www.cve.org

symantec

antivirus

privilege escalation

AI Score

6.3

Confidence

Low

EPSS

Percentile

9.5%

JSON

Symantec AntiVirus 9 Corporate Edition allows local users to gain privileges via the “Scan for viruses” option, which launches a help window with raised privileges, a re-introduction of a vulnerability that was originally identified and addressed by CVE-2002-1540.