CVE-2005-0923 describes a denial-of-service vulnerability affecting Symantec Norton AntiVirus, Internet Security, and System Works 2004/2005. The SmartScan feature within the Auto-Protect module can be triggered by renaming a file on a network share, leading to high CPU consumption and system crashes. This vulnerability has a low severity CVSS score of 2.1, indicating a local attack vector with low complexity and only partial availability impact. There is no evidence of active exploitation, no known public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), and minimal community discussion or media coverage.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
2.1CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:symantec:norton_antivirus:2.1:*:ms_exchange:*:*:*:*:* | ||
2005CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:symantec:norton_antivirus:2005:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
2004CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:symantec:norton_internet_security:2004:*:professional:*:*:*:*:* | ||
2005CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:symantec:norton_internet_security:2005:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
2004_professionalCPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:symantec:norton_system_works:2004_professional:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 2.0
AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P
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The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.
Remediation records are not available for this CVE.