CVE-2000-0478 describes a vulnerability in Symantec Norton Antivirus for Exchange (NavExchange) where the software can enter a "fail-open" state, allowing viruses to bypass detection and infect the server. This medium-severity vulnerability (CVSS 5.0) is easily exploitable over the network with low attack complexity, potentially leading to unauthorized information modification (integrity impact) without requiring authentication. There is no evidence of active exploitation, publicly available exploit code, or significant community discussion surrounding this vulnerability.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
1.5CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:symantec:norton_antivirus:1.5:*:ms_exchange:*:*:*:*:* | ||
2.0CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:symantec:norton_antivirus:2.0:*:ms_exchange:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 2.0
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N
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