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CVE-2006-2630

81
FAUCET Score

CVE-2006-2630 describes a critical stack-based buffer overflow vulnerability in Symantec Antivirus 10.1 and Client Security 3.1. This flaw allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code on affected systems through unknown attack vectors. With a CVSS score of 10.0, this vulnerability is highly severe, requiring no authentication and having complete impact on confidentiality, integrity, and availability. While not listed in CISA KEV, public exploit code, including a Metasploit module, exists, though there is no evidence of active exploitation or significant community discussion.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
3.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:symantec:client_security:3.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
3.0.2.2010CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:symantec:client_security:3.0.2.2010:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
3.0.2.2020CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:symantec:client_security:3.0.2.2020:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
3.1CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:symantec:client_security:3.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
3.1.394CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:symantec:client_security:3.1.394:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 2.0

10.0HIGH

AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

Confidentiality Impact
COMPLETE
Integrity Impact
COMPLETE
Availability Impact
COMPLETE
Access Vector
NETWORK
Access Complexity
LOW
Authentication
NONE
Exploitability Score
10.0
Impact Score
10.0
CvssVersion
2.0

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
73.56%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
99.4%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-25
Model: v2026.06.15
Metasploit: Symantec Remote Management Buffer Overflow · May 24, 2006
ExploitDB: EDB-16830 · May 9, 2010
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.7356 is in the 99th percentile among its peer group of 51,485 CVEs.

Social Chatter

No social media mentions found for this CVE.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.0 Reddit, 0.1 Bluesky, 0.1 Mastodon, and 0.4 GitHub mentions.

Media Mentions

No media coverage found for this CVE.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.1 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.

Remediation

Remediation records are not available for this CVE.

References

lists.grok.org.uk / pipermail/full-disclosure/2006-May/046355.html
secunia.com / advisories/20318
PatchVendor Advisory
securityresponse.symantec.com / avcenter/security/Content/2006.05.25.html
PatchVendor Advisory
securitytracker.com / id
Patch
securitytracker.com / id
Patch
exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com / vulnerabilities/26706
eeye.com / html/research/upcoming/20060524.html
kb.cert.org / vuls/id/404910
PatchUS Government Resource
securityfocus.com / archive/1/435200/100/0/threaded
securityfocus.com / bid/18107
Patch
vupen.com / english/advisories/2006/2005