Symantec Security Vulnerabilities

CVE-2006-6308

Symantec LiveState 7.1 Agent for Windows allows local users to gain privileges by stopping the shstart.exe process and open "Web Self-Service" from the system tray icon, which will open a browser window running with elevated privileges. NOTE: several third-party researchers have noted that...

CVE-2002-1774

NOTE: this issue has been disputed by the vendor. Symantec Norton AntiVirus 2002 allows remote attackers to send viruses that bypass the e-mail scanning via a NULL character in the MIME header before the virus. NOTE: the vendor has disputed this issue, acknowledging that the initial scan is...

CVE-2002-1776

NOTE: this issue has been disputed by the vendor. Symantec Norton AntiVirus 2002 allows remote attackers to bypass virus protection via a Word Macro virus with a .nch or .dbx extension, which is automatically recognized and executed as a Microsoft Office document. NOTE: the vendor has disputed...

CVE-2002-1777

NOTE: this issue has been disputed by the vendor. Symantec Norton AntiVirus (NAV) 2002 allows remote attackers to bypass e-mail scanning via a filename in the Content-Type field with an excluded extension such as .nch or .dbx, but a malicious extension in the Content-Disposition field, which is...

CVE-2002-1775

NOTE: this issue has been disputed by the vendor. Symantec Norton AntiVirus (NAV) 2002 allows remote attackers to bypass the initial virus scan and cause NAV to prematurely stop scanning by using a non-RFC compliant MIME header. NOTE: the vendor has disputed this issue, acknowledging that the...

CVE-2006-4562

The proxy DNS service in Symantec Gateway Security (SGS) allows remote attackers to make arbitrary DNS queries to third-party DNS servers, while hiding the source IP address of the attacker. NOTE: another researcher has stated that the default configuration does not proxy DNS queries received on...

CVE-2010-5168

Race condition in Symantec Norton Internet Security 2010 17.5.0.127 on Windows XP allows local users to bypass kernel-mode hook handlers, and execute dangerous code that would otherwise be blocked by a handler but not blocked by signature-based malware detection, via certain user-space memory...

CVE-2008-6827

The ListView control in the Client GUI (AClient.exe) in Symantec Altiris Deployment Solution 6.x before 6.9.355 SP1 allows local users to gain SYSTEM privileges and execute arbitrary commands via a "Shatter" style attack on the "command prompt" hidden GUI button to (1) overwrite the CommandLine...

CVE-2008-6828

Symantec Altiris Deployment Solution 6.x before 6.9.355 SP1 stores the Application Identity Account password in memory in cleartext, which allows local users to gain privileges and modify clients of the Deployment Solution...

CVE-2009-1517

Multiple insecure method vulnerabilities in the Symantec.EasySetup.1 ActiveX control in EasySetupInt.dll 14.0.4.30167 in the EasySetup wizard in Symantec Norton Ghost 14.0 allow remote attackers to cause a denial of service (browser crash) and possibly execute arbitrary code via unspecified input.....

CVE-2009-3107

Symantec Altiris Deployment Solution 6.9.x before 6.9 SP3 Build 430 does not properly restrict access to the listening port for the DBManager service, which allows remote attackers to bypass authentication and modify tasks or the Altiris Database via a connection to this...

CVE-2001-1125

Symantec LiveUpdate before 1.6 does not use cryptography to ensure the integrity of download files, which allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via DNS spoofing of the update.symantec.com...

CVE-2002-0485

Norton Anti-Virus (NAV) allows remote attackers to bypass content filtering via attachments whose Content-Type and Content-Disposition headers are mixed upper and lower case, which is ignored by some mail...

CVE-2024-23615

A buffer overflow vulnerability exists in Symantec Messaging Gateway versions 10.5 and before. A remote, anonymous attacker can exploit this vulnerability to achieve remote code execution as...

CVE-2024-23617

A buffer overflow vulnerability exists in Symantec Data Loss Prevention version 14.0.2 and before. A remote, unauthenticated attacker can exploit this vulnerability by enticing a user to open a crafted document to achieve code...

CVE-2024-23614

A buffer overflow vulnerability exists in Symantec Messaging Gateway versions 9.5 and before. A remote, anonymous attacker can exploit this vulnerability to achieve remote code execution as...

CVE-2024-23616

A buffer overflow vulnerability exists in Symantec Server Management Suite version 7.9 and before. A remote, anonymous attacker can exploit this vulnerability to achieve remote code execution as...

CVE-2024-23613

A buffer overflow vulnerability exists in Symantec Deployment Solution version 7.9 when parsing UpdateComputer tokens. A remote, anonymous attacker can exploit this vulnerability to achieve remote code execution as...

CVE-2004-0217

The LiveUpdate capability (liveupdate.sh) in Symantec AntiVirus Scan Engine 4.0 and 4.3 for Red Hat Linux allows local users to create or append to arbitrary files via a symlink attack on...

CVE-2004-0112

The SSL/TLS handshaking code in OpenSSL 0.9.7a, 0.9.7b, and 0.9.7c, when using Kerberos ciphersuites, does not properly check the length of Kerberos tickets during a handshake, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) via a crafted SSL/TLS handshake that causes an...

CVE-2004-0079

The do_change_cipher_spec function in OpenSSL 0.9.6c to 0.9.6k, and 0.9.7a to 0.9.7c, allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) via a crafted SSL/TLS handshake that triggers a null...

CVE-2019-19547

Symantec Endpoint Detection and Response (SEDR), prior to 4.3.0, may be susceptible to a cross site scripting (XSS) issue. XSS is a type of issue that can enable attackers to inject client-side scripts into web pages viewed by other users. An XSS vulnerability may be used by attackers to...

CVE-2000-0324

pcAnywhere 8.x and 9.0 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service via a TCP SYN scan, e.g. by...

CVE-2000-0238

Buffer overflow in the web server for Norton AntiVirus for Internet Email Gateways allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service via a long...

CVE-1999-0842

Symantec Mail-Gear 1.0 web interface server allows remote users to read arbitrary files via a .. (dot dot)...

CVE-2000-0300

The default encryption method of PcAnywhere 9.x uses weak encryption, which allows remote attackers to sniff and decrypt PcAnywhere or NT domain...

CVE-1999-1004

Buffer overflow in the POP server POProxy for the Norton Anti-Virus protection NAV2000 program via a large USER...

CVE-2000-0793

Norton AntiVirus 5.00.01C with the Novell Netware client does not properly restart the auto-protection service after the first user has logged off of the...

CVE-2023-23958

Symantec Protection Engine, prior to 9.1.0, may be susceptible to a Hash Leak...

CVE-2023-23957

An authenticated user can see and modify the value for ‘next’ query parameter in Symantec Identity Portal...

CVE-2022-25623

The Symantec Management Agent is susceptible to a privilege escalation vulnerability. A low privilege local account can be elevated to the SYSTEM level through registry...

CVE-2022-25630

An authenticated user can embed malicious content with XSS into the admin group policy...

CVE-2022-25629

An authenticated user who has the privilege to add/edit annotations on the Content tab, can craft a malicious annotation that can be executed on the annotations page (Annotation Text...

CVE-2022-37015

Symantec Endpoint Detection and Response (SEDR) Appliance, prior to 4.7.0, may be susceptible to a privilege escalation vulnerability, which is a type of issue whereby an attacker may attempt to compromise the software application to gain elevated access to resources that are normally protected...

CVE-2009-3179

Multiple unspecified vulnerabilities in Symantec Altiris Deployment Solution 6.9 might allow remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via unknown client-side attack vectors, as demonstrated by a certain module in VulnDisco Pack Professional 7.17, as identified by (1) "Symantec Altiris Deployment....

CVE-2009-3178

Unspecified vulnerability in mm.exe in Symantec Altiris Deployment Solution 6.9 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service via unknown attack vectors, as demonstrated by a certain module in VulnDisco Pack Professional 7.18, "Symantec Altiris Deployment Solution 6.9 DoS." NOTE: as of...

CVE-2002-2206

The POP3 proxy service (POPROXY.EXE) in Norton AntiVirus 2001 allows local users to cause a denial of service (CPU consumption and crash) via a long username with multiple /localhost...

CVE-2002-2317

Memory leak in the (1) httpd, (2) nntpd, and (3) vpn driver in VelociRaptor 1.0 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (memory consumption) via an unknown...

CVE-2002-2397

Sygate personal firewall 5.0 could allow remote attackers to bypass firewall filters via spoofed (1) source IP address of 127.0.0.1 or (2) network address of...

CVE-2002-2336

Norton Personal Firewall 2002 4.0, when configured to automatically block attacks, allows remote attackers to block IP addresses and cause a denial of service via spoofed...

CVE-2002-1937

Symantec Firewall/VPN Appliance 100 through 200R hardcodes the administrator's MAC address inside the firewall's configuration, which allows remote attackers to spoof the administrator's MAC address and perform an ARP poisoning man-in-the-middle attack to obtain the administrator's...

CVE-2002-1779

The "block fragmented IP Packets" option in Symantec Norton Personal Firewall 2002 (NPW) does not properly protect against certain attacks on Windows vulnerabilities such as jolt2...

CVE-2005-2389

NDMP server in Veritas NetBackup 5.1 allows attackers to cause a denial of service via a CONFIG message with an out-of-range timestamp, which triggers a null...

CVE-2005-2017

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-2010-3497

Symantec Norton AntiVirus 2011 does not properly interact with the processing of hcp:// URLs by the Microsoft Help and Support Center, which makes it easier for remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via malware that is correctly detected by this product, but with a detection approach that...

CVE-2003-1575

VERITAS File System (VxFS) 3.3.3, 3.4, and 3.5 before MP1 Rolling Patch 02 for Sun Solaris 2.5.1 through 9 does not properly implement inheritance of default ACLs in certain circumstances related to the characteristics of a directory inode, which allows local users to bypass intended file...

CVE-2012-0303

Multiple cross-site request forgery (CSRF) vulnerabilities in Brightmail Control Center in Symantec Message Filter 6.3 allow remote attackers to hijack the authentication of arbitrary users for requests that (1) execute application commands or (2) create admin...

CVE-2012-0296

Multiple cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerabilities in the management GUI in Symantec Web Gateway 5.0.x before 5.0.3 allow remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via unspecified...

CVE-2012-0302

Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in Brightmail Control Center in Symantec Message Filter 6.3 allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via unspecified...

CVE-2012-0300

Brightmail Control Center in Symantec Message Filter 6.3 does not properly restrict establishment of sessions to the listening port, which allows remote attackers to obtain potentially sensitive version information via unspecified...