CVE-2002-2206 describes a denial-of-service vulnerability in the POP3 proxy service (POPROXY.EXE) of Norton AntiVirus 2001. A local user can exploit this by submitting an excessively long username containing multiple "/localhost" entries, leading to high CPU consumption and a service crash. This vulnerability has a CVSS score of 7.8, indicating high severity. It is easily exploitable with low attack complexity, requiring no authentication, and can result in a complete denial of service (availability impact). There is no evidence of active exploitation, nor are there publicly available exploit modules in Metasploit, Nuclei, or ExploitDB. Community discussion and media coverage for this CVE are minimal, suggesting low public attention.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
2001CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:symantec:norton_antivirus:2001:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 2.0
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C
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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 records are not available for this CVE.