CVE-2006-4855 describes a local denial-of-service vulnerability in the SymEvent driver present across numerous Symantec products, including Norton Personal Firewall, Internet Security, AntiVirus, and Symantec Client Security. An attacker can trigger a system crash by sending invalid data via DeviceIoControl to the driver. With a CVSS score of 4.9, this vulnerability is considered of medium severity, requiring local access with low attack complexity to achieve a complete system availability impact. While there is an ExploitDB entry for this vulnerability, it is not listed in CISA's KEV catalog, and there is no evidence of active exploitation or significant community discussion.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
1.0CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:symantec:client_security:1.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
1.0.0_b8.01.9378CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:symantec:client_security:1.0.0_b8.01.9378:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
1.0.1CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:symantec:client_security:1.0.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
1.0.1_build_8.01.425aCPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:symantec:client_security:1.0.1_build_8.01.425a:mr1:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
1.0.1_build_8.01.429cCPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:symantec:client_security:1.0.1_build_8.01.429c:mr2:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 2.0
AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C
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