01 Record

CVE-2006-4855

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

UnratedPUBLISHEDCNA: mitre

CNA base scoreUnratedNo CNA CVSS vector

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02 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

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: 1.32% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.
EPSS percentile: Equal to or higher than the score of 70.3% 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

2006-09-19 18:00Z20 YR AGO

Last updated

2024-08-07 19:23Z2 YR AGO

Reserved

2006-09-19

Assigning CNA

mitre

Record state

PUBLISHED

Severity

Not rated by the issuing CNA

CNA CVSS vector

Not published by the issuing CNA

Weaknesses

CWE-399

Data version

5.1

Document digest

9abaed923a3de28ab657923904f86da85d86dfb550e109364f4620f70bbbddbd

05 Affected products

VendorProductVersionsPlatforms

symantecclient_securityNot specified—

symantechost_idsNot specified—

symantecnorton_antivirusNot specified—

symantecnorton_internet_securityNot specified—

symantecnorton_personal_firewallNot specified—

symantecnorton_system_worksNot specified—

symantecpcanywhereNot specified—

06 References

securitytracker.com1016892http://securitytracker.com/id?1016892vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACK
secunia.com21938http://secunia.com/advisories/21938third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIA
securitytracker.com1016893http://securitytracker.com/id?1016893vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACK
securitytracker.com1016895http://securitytracker.com/id?1016895vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACK
securitytracker.com1016889http://securitytracker.com/id?1016889vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACK
www.securityfocus.com20060915 Symantec Norton Insufficient validation of 'SymEvent' driver input bufferhttp://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/446111/100/0/threadedmailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQ
securitytracker.com1016897http://securitytracker.com/id?1016897vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACK
securityreason.com1591http://securityreason.com/securityalert/1591third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SREASON
securitytracker.com1016896http://securitytracker.com/id?1016896vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACK
www.matousec.comhttp://www.matousec.com/info/advisories/Norton-Insufficient-validation-of-SymEvent-driver-input-buffer.phpx_refsource_MISC
www.securityfocus.com20051http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/20051vdb-entryx_refsource_BID
securityresponse.symantec.comhttp://securityresponse.symantec.com/avcenter/security/Content/2006.09.20a.htmlx_refsource_CONFIRM
www.vupen.comADV-2006-3636http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/3636vdb-entryx_refsource_VUPEN
exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.comsymantec-firewall-symevent-dos(28960)https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/28960vdb-entryx_refsource_XF
securitytracker.com1016894http://securitytracker.com/id?1016894vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACK
securitytracker.com1016898http://securitytracker.com/id?1016898vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACK