01 Record
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:
UnratedPUBLISHEDCNA: mitre
CNA base scoreUnratedNo CNA CVSS vector
02 Description
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:
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
- 1.46% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.
- EPSS percentile
- Equal to or higher than the score of 73.2% 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
- 2006-09-06 00:00Z20 YR AGO
- Last updated
- 2024-08-07 19:14Z2 YR AGO
- Reserved
- 2006-09-05
- 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
- eb1800b5e632de3845a64e8ba4ba78c1db19d62966fc857bcaffcf0ff77a7127
05 Affected products
VendorProductVersionsPlatforms
06 References
- www.securityfocus.com20060823 Symantec Gateway Security DNS exploithttp://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/444114/100/100/threaded
- www.securityfocus.com20060823 AW: Symantec Gateway Security DNS exploithttp://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/444134/100/100/threaded
- www.securityfocus.com20060824 Re: Symantec Gateway Security DNS exploithttp://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/444330/100/0/threaded
- www.securityfocus.com20060823 RE: Symantec Gateway Security DNS exploithttp://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/444135/100/100/threaded