CVE-2007-1689 describes a critical buffer overflow vulnerability in the ISAlertDataCOM ActiveX control (ISLALERT.DLL) affecting Symantec Norton Personal Firewall 2004 and Internet Security 2004. This flaw allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code by supplying excessively long arguments to the Get and Set functions. With a CVSS score of 10.0, this vulnerability is highly severe, requiring no authentication and having a low attack complexity, leading to complete compromise of confidentiality, integrity, and availability. While not listed on the KEV catalog or showing recent community discussion, exploit code, including a Metasploit module, is publicly available, indicating a high potential for exploitation.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
2004CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:symantec:norton_internet_security:2004:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
2004CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:symantec:norton_personal_firewall:2004:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 2.0
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
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