01 Record
CVE-2006-0230
Symantec Scan Engine 5.0.0.24, and possibly other versions before 5.1.0.7, uses a client-side check to verify a password, which allows remote attackers to gain administrator privileges via a modified
UnratedPUBLISHEDCNA: mitre
CNA base scoreUnratedNo CNA CVSS vector
02 Description
Symantec Scan Engine 5.0.0.24, and possibly other versions before 5.1.0.7, uses a client-side check to verify a password, which allows remote attackers to gain administrator privileges via a modified
03 Exploitation and scoring
- Exploitation
- Not assessed. CISA has not published an exploitation assessment for this record, and it is not in the KEV catalog. That is an absence of assessment, not a finding of no risk.
- SSVC decision
- Not assessed by CISA
- EPSS probability
- 16.47% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.
- EPSS percentile
- Equal to or higher than the score of 96.9% of scored records. A rank, not a probability.
- NVD base score
- The NVD has published no score for this record
- NVD CVSS vector
- No NVD score to derive
- NVD analysis status
- Modified. NVD last modified this record on 2026-06-16.
- Red Hat severity
- No Red Hat rating. Red Hat rates the CVEs that affect its products.
Exploit-prediction scores from FIRST. Independent scoring and analysis status from the NVD. Vendor severity from Red Hat. Exploitation assessment and catalog membership from CISA.
04 Metadata
- Published
- 2006-04-25 01:00Z20 YR AGO
- Last updated
- 2024-08-07 16:25Z2 YR AGO
- Reserved
- 2006-01-17
- Assigning CNA
- mitre
- Record state
- PUBLISHED
- Severity
- Not rated by the issuing CNA
- CNA CVSS vector
- Not published by the issuing CNA
- Weaknesses
- No CWE assigned
- Data version
- 5.1
- Document digest
- 84249765d72954d9bc9ab0e69e4a7e83560e4584a826059f1cc09993244b4dc4
05 Affected products
VendorProductVersionsPlatforms
06 References
- www.securityfocus.com17637http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/17637
- secunia.com19734http://secunia.com/advisories/19734
- www.securityfocus.com20060421 Rapid7 Advisory R7-0021: Symantec Scan Engine Authentication Fundamental Design Errorhttp://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/431724/100/0/threaded
- www.securityfocus.com20060421 [Symantec Security Advisor] Symantec Scan Engine Multiple Vulnerabilitieshttp://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/431734/100/0/threaded
- archives.neohapsis.com20060421 Rapid7 Advisory R7-0021: Symantec Scan Engine Authentication Fundamental Design Errorhttp://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/vulnwatch/2006-q2/0010.html
- www.kb.cert.orgVU#118388http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/118388
- www.symantec.comhttp://www.symantec.com/avcenter/security/Content/2006.04.21.html
- exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.comsse-unauth-admin-access(25972)https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/25972
- www.vupen.comADV-2006-1464http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/1464