CVE-2006-4802
Format string vulnerability in the Real Time Virus Scan service in Symantec AntiVirus Corporate Edition 8.1 up to 10.0, and Client Security 1.x up to 3.0, allows local users to execute arbitrary code via an unspecified vector related to alert notification messages, a different vector than CVE-2006-3454, a "second format string vulnerability" as found by the vendor.
Key facts
- CVSS score
- 4.6 (v2.0)
- Severity
- MEDIUM
- CVSS vector
AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P- EPSS score
- 0.5% (39th percentile)
- In CISA KEV
- No
- In EU EUVD
- Yes (EUVD-2006-4789)
- Published
- September 14, 2006
- NVD last modified
- June 16, 2026
- Status
- Modified
EU Vulnerability Database (EUVD)
This vulnerability is also tracked by ENISA as EUVD-2006-4789 in the EU Vulnerability Database. Last updated in EUVD on August 7, 2024.
View on the EU Vulnerability DatabaseAffected products
- symantec / client security
- symantec / client security
- symantec / client security
- symantec / client security
- symantec / client security
- symantec / client security
- symantec / client security
- symantec / client security
- symantec / client security
- symantec / client security
- symantec / client security
- symantec / client security
- symantec / client security
- symantec / client security
- symantec / client security
- symantec / client security
- symantec / client security
- symantec / client security
- symantec / client security
- symantec / client security
- symantec / client security
- symantec / client security
- symantec / client security
- symantec / client security
- symantec / client security
- symantec / client security
- symantec / client security
- symantec / client security
- symantec / client security
- symantec / norton antivirus
- symantec / norton antivirus
- symantec / norton antivirus
- symantec / norton antivirus
- symantec / norton antivirus
- symantec / norton antivirus
- symantec / norton antivirus
- symantec / norton antivirus
- symantec / norton antivirus
- symantec / norton antivirus
- symantec / norton antivirus
References
- http://secunia.com/advisories/21884(Vendor Advisory)
- http://securityresponse.symantec.com/avcenter/security/Content/2006.09.13.html
- http://securitytracker.com/id?1016842
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/446293/100/0/threaded
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/19986
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/28937
Last updated September 17, 2026 · Source: NVD, CISA KEV, FIRST.org EPSS
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