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 1.x, 2.x, 3.0, and 3.1, Symantec AntiVirus Corporate Edition SAVCE 8.x, 9.x, 10.0, and 10.1, Symantec pcAnywhere 11.5 only, and Symantec Host, allows local users to cause a denial of service (system crash) via invalid data, as demonstrated by calling DeviceIoControl to send the data.
Key facts
- CVSS score
- 4.9 (v2.0)
- Severity
- MEDIUM
- CVSS vector
AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C- Weakness (CWE)
- CWE-399
- EPSS score
- 1.3% (71th percentile)
- In CISA KEV
- No
- In EU EUVD
- Yes (EUVD-2006-4842)
- Published
- September 19, 2006
- NVD last modified
- June 16, 2026
- Status
- Modified
EU Vulnerability Database (EUVD)
This vulnerability is also tracked by ENISA as EUVD-2006-4842 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
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- symantec / client security
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- symantec / client security
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- symantec / client security
- symantec / client security
- symantec / client security
- symantec / client security
- symantec / host ids
- 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
- symantec / norton antivirus
- symantec / norton antivirus
- symantec / norton antivirus
- symantec / norton antivirus
- symantec / norton antivirus
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References
- http://secunia.com/advisories/21938(Vendor Advisory)
- http://securityreason.com/securityalert/1591
- http://securityresponse.symantec.com/avcenter/security/Content/2006.09.20a.html
- http://securitytracker.com/id?1016889
- http://securitytracker.com/id?1016892
- http://securitytracker.com/id?1016893
- http://securitytracker.com/id?1016894
- http://securitytracker.com/id?1016895
- http://securitytracker.com/id?1016896
- http://securitytracker.com/id?1016897
- http://securitytracker.com/id?1016898
- http://www.matousec.com/info/advisories/Norton-Insufficient-validation-of-SymEvent-driver-input-buffer.php(Vendor Advisory)
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/446111/100/0/threaded
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/20051(Exploit)
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/3636(Vendor Advisory)
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/28960
Last updated September 17, 2026 · Source: NVD, CISA KEV, FIRST.org EPSS
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