CVE-2006-5403
MEDIUM · CVSS 5.1EPSS 6.3%EU EUVD
Stack-based buffer overflow in an ActiveX control used in Symantec Automated Support Assistant, as used in Norton AntiVirus, Internet Security, and System Works 2005 and 2006, allows user-assisted remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) and possibly execute arbitrary code via unspecified vectors.
Key facts
- CVSS score
- 5.1 (v2.0)
- Severity
- MEDIUM
- CVSS vector
AV:N/AC:H/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P- EPSS score
- 6.3% (94th percentile)
- In CISA KEV
- No
- In EU EUVD
- Yes (EUVD-2006-5388)
- Published
- October 19, 2006
- NVD last modified
- June 16, 2026
- Status
- Modified
EU Vulnerability Database (EUVD)
This vulnerability is also tracked by ENISA as EUVD-2006-5388 in the EU Vulnerability Database. Last updated in EUVD on August 7, 2024.
View on the EU Vulnerability DatabaseAffected products
- symantec / automated support assistant
- symantec / norton antivirus
- symantec / norton internet security
- symantec / norton system works
- symantec / norton system works
References
- http://secunia.com/advisories/22228(Vendor Advisory)
- http://securityresponse.symantec.com/avcenter/security/Content/2006.10.05.html
- http://securitytracker.com/id?1016988
- http://securitytracker.com/id?1016989
- http://securitytracker.com/id?1016990
- http://securitytracker.com/id?1016991
- http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/400601(US Government Resource)
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/20348
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/3929
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/29363
Last updated September 17, 2026 · Source: NVD, CISA KEV, FIRST.org EPSS
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