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CVE-2006-5404

12
FAUCET Score

CVE-2006-5404 describes an unspecified vulnerability within an ActiveX control used by Symantec Automated Support Assistant, impacting Norton AntiVirus, Internet Security, and System Works 2005 and 2006. This flaw allows user-assisted remote attackers to obtain sensitive information through unspecified vectors. With a CVSS score of 2.6, it has a network attack vector and high access complexity, leading to a partial confidentiality impact without affecting integrity or 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
All Versions ImpactedCPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:symantec:automated_support_assistant:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
All Versions ImpactedCPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:symantec:norton_antivirus:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
2006CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:symantec:norton_internet_security:2006:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
2005CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:symantec:norton_system_works:2005:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
2006CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:symantec:norton_system_works:2006:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 2.0

2.6LOW

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

Confidentiality Impact
PARTIAL
Integrity Impact
NONE
Availability Impact
NONE
Access Vector
NETWORK
Access Complexity
HIGH
Authentication
NONE
Exploitability Score
4.9
Impact Score
2.9
CvssVersion
2.0

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
2.47%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
82.8%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-28
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0247 is in the 80th percentile among its peer group of 1,506 CVEs.

Social Chatter

No social media mentions found for this CVE.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.0 Reddit, 0.1 Bluesky, 0.0 Mastodon, and 0.3 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/22228
Vendor Advisory
securityresponse.symantec.com / avcenter/security/Content/2006.10.05.html
Patch
securitytracker.com / id
securitytracker.com / id
securitytracker.com / id
securitytracker.com / id
exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com / vulnerabilities/29366
securityfocus.com / bid/20348
Patch
vupen.com / english/advisories/2006/3929