Antivirus Scan Engine
Vendor:
First CVE: Apr 15, 2004 · Active for 22 years
10
Total CVEs
More Total CVEs than 89% of tracked products
2.5
Avg CVEs / Year
Higher CVE frequency than 77% of tracked products
7.2
Avg CVSS
Higher Avg CVSS than 48% of tracked products
0.0%
KEV Rate
Bottom 1%
Trends Over Time
The number and severity of CVEs published that impact Antivirus Scan Engine over time
Volume of CVEsAvg CVSS Base Score
First CVE
Apr 15, 2004
22 years ago
Most Recent CVE
Oct 5, 2007
6,871 days ago
CVE Severity & Scoring
Antivirus Scan Engine10 CVEs
10%
30%
60%
All CVEs353,173 CVEs
45%
40%
11%
LowMediumHigh
Attack Vector
Local1 (10.0%)
Network0 (0.0%)
Unknown9 (90.0%)
Physical0 (0.0%)
Adjacent Network0 (0.0%)
Attack Complexity
Low0 (0.0%)
High1 (10.0%)
Unknown9 (90.0%)
User Interaction
None1 (10.0%)
Unknown9 (90.0%)
Required0 (0.0%)
Privileges Required
Low1 (10.0%)
High0 (0.0%)
None0 (0.0%)
Unknown9 (90.0%)
Top CVEs
Signals from CVEs in this product scope (10 CVEs).
10 CVEs · Highest risk first
| CVE | Published | CVSS | Risk | KEV | Exploit |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
CVE-2006-0230HIGH Symantec Scan Engine 5.0.0.24, and possibly other versions before 5.1.0.7, uses a client-side check to verify a password, which allows remote attackers to gain administrator privil | Apr 25, 2006 | 10.0 | 43 | NO | YES |
CVE-2005-2758HIGH Integer signedness error in the administrative interface for Symantec AntiVirus Scan Engine 4.0 and 4.3 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via crafted HTTP headers w | Oct 5, 2005 | 10.0 | 30 | NO | NO |
CVE-2005-0249HIGH Heap-based buffer overflow in the DEC2EXE module for Symantec AntiVirus Library allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a UPX compressed file containing a negative vi | Feb 8, 2005 | 7.5 | 27 | NO | NO |
CVE-2007-3699HIGH The Decomposer component in multiple Symantec products allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (infinite loop) via a certain value in the PACK_SIZE field of a RAR arch | Oct 5, 2007 | 9.3 | 26 | NO | NO |
CVE-2007-0447HIGH Heap-based buffer overflow in the Decomposer component in multiple Symantec products allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via multiple crafted CAB archives. | Oct 5, 2007 | 9.3 | 25 | NO | NO |
CVE-2006-0231MEDIUM Symantec Scan Engine 5.0.0.24, and possibly other versions before 5.1.0.7, uses the same private DSA key for each installation, which allows remote attackers to conduct man-in-the- | Apr 25, 2006 | 6.4 | 19 | NO | NO |
CVE-2004-0217HIGH The LiveUpdate capability (liveupdate.sh) in Symantec AntiVirus Scan Engine 4.0 and 4.3 for Red Hat Linux allows local users to create or append to arbitrary files via a symlink at | Apr 15, 2004 | 7.0 | 18 | NO | NO |
CVE-2006-0232MEDIUM Symantec Scan Engine 5.0.0.24, and possibly other versions before 5.1.0.7, stores sensitive log and virus definition files under the web root with insufficient access control, whic | Apr 25, 2006 | 5.0 | 16 | NO | NO |
CVE-2005-3217MEDIUM Multiple interpretation error in unspecified versions of Symantec Antivirus allows remote attackers to bypass virus detection via a malicious executable in a specially crafted RAR | Oct 14, 2005 | 5.1 | 15 | NO | NO |
Multiple Symantec AntiVirus products, including Norton AntiVirus 2005 11.0.0, Web Security Web Security 3.0.1.72, Mail Security for SMTP 4.0.5.66, AntiVirus Scan Engine 4.3.7.27, S | May 2, 2005 | 2.6 | 12 | NO | NO |
Exploit Exposure
Signals from CVEs in this product scope (10 CVEs).
CISA KEV
0 CVEs
0.0% of CVEs· Bottom 1%
Metasploit
0 CVEs
0.0% of CVEs· Bottom 1%
Nuclei
0 CVEs
0.0% of CVEs· Bottom 1%
ExploitDB
1 CVE
10.0% of CVEs· 86th percentile
Social Chatter
Signals from CVEs in this product scope (10 CVEs).
Media Mentions
Signals from CVEs in this product scope (10 CVEs).
Top CNAs Publishing CVEs For Antivirus Scan Engine
Top CWEs
Versions
| Version | CVE Count | Avg CVSS | Avg EPSS | KEV | Exploits |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 5.0.1 | 2 | 9.3 | 4.9% | 0 | 0 |
| 5.0.0.24 | 3 | 7.1 | 6.8% | 0 | 1 |
| 5.0 | 2 | 9.3 | 4.9% | 0 | 0 |
| 4.3.8.29 | 2 | 9.3 | 4.9% | 0 | 0 |
| 4.3.7.27 | 3 | 7.1 | 3.8% | 0 | 0 |
| 4.3.3 | 2 | 9.3 | 4.9% | 0 | 0 |
| 4.3.12 | 2 | 9.3 | 4.9% | 0 | 0 |
| 4.3 | 4 | 9.3 | 6.9% | 0 | 0 |
| 4.1.8 | 2 | 9.3 | 4.9% | 0 | 0 |
| 4.1 | 2 | 9.3 | 4.9% | 0 | 0 |
| 4.0 | 4 | 9.4 | 8.7% | 0 | 0 |