CVE-2005-2017 describes a privilege escalation vulnerability in Symantec AntiVirus 9 Corporate Edition, allowing local users to gain elevated privileges by exploiting the "Scan for viruses" option which launches a help window with elevated permissions. This is a re-introduction of a previously patched vulnerability (CVE-2002-1540). With a CVSS score of 10.0, this vulnerability is considered critical, indicating a complete compromise of confidentiality, integrity, and availability with low attack complexity. Despite its severity, there is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion or media coverage.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
9.0.1.1000CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:symantec:norton_antivirus:9.0.1.1000:*:corporate:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 2.0
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
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.
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.