CVE-2011-3477 describes a local denial-of-service vulnerability in the GEAR Software CD DVD Filter driver (GEARAspiWDM.sys), impacting various Symantec products including Backup Exec System Recovery, System Recovery 2011, Norton 360, and Norton Ghost. With a CVSS score of 5.5 (Medium), this vulnerability allows a local attacker to crash the system through unspecified vectors, requiring low privileges and no user interaction. There is no evidence of active exploitation, publicly available exploit code, or significant community discussion or media coverage surrounding this CVE.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
8.5CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:symantec:backup_exec_system_recovery:8.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
9.0CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:symantec:backup_exec_system_recovery:9.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
2010CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:symantec:backup_exec_system_recovery:2010:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
5.0CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:symantec:norton_360:5.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
<= 15.0CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:symantec:norton_ghost:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 3.0
CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
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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.