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CVE-2006-4802

15
FAUCET Score

CVE-2006-4802 describes a format string vulnerability in the Real Time Virus Scan service of Symantec AntiVirus Corporate Edition (versions 8.1 to 10.0) and Client Security (versions 1.x to 3.0). This flaw allows local users to execute arbitrary code through specially crafted alert notification messages. The vulnerability has a CVSS score of 4.6, indicating a low severity, as it requires local access and has a low attack complexity, but could lead to partial compromise of confidentiality, integrity, and availability. There is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion or media coverage surrounding this decade-old vulnerability.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
1.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:symantec:client_security:1.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
1.0.1CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:symantec:client_security:1.0.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
1.0.1_build_8.01.434CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:symantec:client_security:1.0.1_build_8.01.434:mr3:*:*:*:*:*:*
1.0.1_build_8.01.437CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:symantec:client_security:1.0.1_build_8.01.437:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
1.0.1_build_8.01.446CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:symantec:client_security:1.0.1_build_8.01.446:mr4:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 2.0

4.6MEDIUM

AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Confidentiality Impact
PARTIAL
Integrity Impact
PARTIAL
Availability Impact
PARTIAL
Access Vector
LOCAL
Access Complexity
LOW
Authentication
NONE
Exploitability Score
3.9
Impact Score
6.4
CvssVersion
2.0

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
0.45%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
36.7%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-27
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0045 is in the 69th percentile among its peer group of 3,052 CVEs.

Social Chatter

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.0 Reddit, 0.1 Bluesky, 0.0 Mastodon, and 0.4 GitHub mentions.

Media Mentions

No media coverage found for this CVE.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.

Remediation

Remediation records are not available for this CVE.

References

secunia.com / advisories/21884
Vendor Advisory
securityresponse.symantec.com / avcenter/security/Content/2006.09.13.html
securitytracker.com / id
exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com / vulnerabilities/28937
securityfocus.com / archive/1/446293/100/0/threaded
securityfocus.com / bid/19986