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CVE-2006-4855

N/A
Published: September 19, 2006 at 06:00 PM UTC
Updated: June 16, 2026 at 10:29 PM UTC
7 products affected across 1 vendorNorton AntivirusNorton Internet SecurityClient Security

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Severity
N/A
Exploit prediction
EPSS 1%

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 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.

Affected

Our own answer: ranges merged, affected separated from platform-only, with confidence and review flags.

Client Security· Symantec
95%
1.01.0.0_b8.01.93781.0.11.0.1_build_8.01.425a mr11.0.1_build_8.01.429c mr21.0.1_build_8.01.434 mr31.0.1_build_8.01.4371.0.1_build_8.01.446 mr41.0.1_build_8.01.457 mr51.0.1_build_8.01.460 mr61.0.1_build_8.01.464 mr71.0.1_build_8.01.471 mr81.0.1_build_8.01.501 mr91.0_build_8.01.93741.11.1.11.1.1_build_3931.1.1_mr1_build_8.1.1.314a1.1.1_mr2_build_8.1.1.3191.1.1_mr3_build_8.1.1.3231.1.1_mr4_build_8.1.1.3291.1.1_mr5_build_8.1.1.3361.1.1_mr6_b8.1.1.2661.1_stm_b8.1.0.825a2.02.0.1_build_9.0.1.1000 mr12.0.2_build_9.0.2.1000 mr22.0.3_build_9.0.3.1000 mr32.0.5_build_11002.0_scf_7.12.0_stm_build_9.0.0.3383.03.1
Host Ids· Symantec
95%
All versions
Norton Antivirus· Symantec
95%
10.010.0.2.200010.0.2.200110.0.2.200210.0.2.201010.0.2.201110.0.2.202010.0.2.202110.12.1200320042005200620078.08.0.18.0.1.425a8.0.1.425c8.0.1.5018.0.1.93748.0.1.93788.01.4348.01.4378.01.4468.01.4578.01.4608.01.4648.01.4718.18.1.0.825a8.1.18.1.1.3198.1.1.3238.1.1.3298.1.1.3668.1.1.3778.1.1_build3938.1.1_build8.1.1.314a9.09.0.0.3389.0.1.1.10009.0.2.10009.0.3.10009.0.49.0.59.0.5.1100
Norton Internet Security· Symantec
95%
20032004200520062007
Norton Personal Firewall· Symantec
95%
2003200420052006
Norton System Works· Symantec
95%
2003_professional_edition20042004_professional_edition20052005_premier2006
Pcanywhere· Symantec
95%
11.5

Remediation

No guide yet

No remediation guidance has been written for this CVE yet. What the record does show:

Patch and advisory references

References (16)

Third Party Advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAVendor Advisory
Source: [email protected]
http://secunia.com/advisories/21938
Third Party Advisoryx_refsource_SREASON
Source: [email protected]
http://securityreason.com/securityalert/1591
x_refsource_CONFIRM
Source: [email protected]
http://securityresponse.symantec.com/avcenter/security/Content/2006.09.20a.html
VDB Entryx_refsource_SECTRACK
Source: [email protected]
http://securitytracker.com/id?1016889
VDB Entryx_refsource_SECTRACK
Source: [email protected]
http://securitytracker.com/id?1016892
VDB Entryx_refsource_SECTRACK
Source: [email protected]
http://securitytracker.com/id?1016893
VDB Entryx_refsource_SECTRACK
Source: [email protected]
http://securitytracker.com/id?1016894
VDB Entryx_refsource_SECTRACK
Source: [email protected]
http://securitytracker.com/id?1016895

CVSS

4.9MEDIUM[email protected]
Confidentiality
NONE
Integrity
NONE
Availability
COMPLETE
Vector?

Quick Info

StatusMODIFIED
CWE
CWE-399

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