The \Device\SymEvent driver in Symantec Norton Personal Firewall 2006 9.1.0.33, and other versions of Norton Personal Firewall, Internet Security, AntiVirus, SystemWorks, Symantec Client Security SCS 1.x, 2.x, 3.0, and 3.1, Symantec AntiVirus Corporate Edition SAVCE 8.x, 9.x, 10.0, and 10.1, Symantec pcAnywhere 11.5 only, and Symantec Host, allows local users to cause a denial of service (system crash) via invalid data, as demonstrated by calling DeviceIoControl to send the data
Published Sep 19, 2006
4.9
MEDIUMCVSS 2.0
EPSS 1.32%
Description
The \Device\SymEvent driver in Symantec Norton Personal Firewall 2006 9.1.0.33, and other versions of Norton Personal Firewall, Internet Security, AntiVirus, SystemWorks, Symantec Client Security SCS 1.x, 2.x, 3.0, and 3.1, Symantec AntiVirus Corporate Edition SAVCE 8.x, 9.x, 10.0, and 10.1, Symantec pcAnywhere 11.5 only, and Symantec Host, allows local users to cause a denial of service (system crash) via invalid data, as demonstrated by calling DeviceIoControl to send the data.
Affected products
No data.
- 1.0
- 1.0.0_b8.01.9378
- 1.0.1
- 1.0.1_build_8.01.425a
- 1.0.1_build_8.01.429c
- 1.0.1_build_8.01.434
- 1.0.1_build_8.01.437
- 1.0.1_build_8.01.446
- 1.0.1_build_8.01.457
- 1.0.1_build_8.01.460
- 1.0.1_build_8.01.464
- 1.0.1_build_8.01.471
- 1.0.1_build_8.01.501
- 1.0_build_8.01.9374
- 1.1
- 1.1.1
- 1.1.1_build_393
- 1.1.1_mr1_build_8.1.1.314a
- 1.1.1_mr2_build_8.1.1.319
- 1.1.1_mr3_build_8.1.1.323
- 1.1.1_mr4_build_8.1.1.329
- 1.1.1_mr5_build_8.1.1.336
- 1.1.1_mr6_b8.1.1.266
- 1.1_stm_b8.1.0.825a
- 2.0
- 2.0.1_build_9.0.1.1000
- 2.0.2_build_9.0.2.1000
- 2.0.3_build_9.0.3.1000
- 2.0.5_build_1100
- 2.0_scf_7.1
- 2.0_stm_build_9.0.0.338
- 3.0
- 3.1
- n/a
- 2.1
- 8.0
- 8.0.1
- 8.0.1.425a
- 8.0.1.425c
- 8.0.1.501
- 8.0.1.9374
- 8.0.1.9378
- 8.1
- 8.1.0.825a
- 8.1.1
- 8.1.1.319
- 8.1.1.323
- 8.1.1.329
- 8.1.1.366
- 8.1.1.377
- 8.1.1_build8.1.1.314a
- 8.1.1_build393
- 8.01.434
- 8.01.437
- 8.01.446
- 8.01.457
- 8.01.460
- 8.01.464
- 8.01.471
- 9.0
- 9.0.0.338
- 9.0.1.1.1000
- 9.0.2.1000
- 9.0.3.1000
- 9.0.4
- 9.0.5
- 9.0.5.1100
- 10.0
- 10.0.2.2000
- 10.0.2.2001
- 10.0.2.2002
- 10.0.2.2010
- 10.0.2.2011
- 10.0.2.2020
- 10.0.2.2021
- 10.1
- 2003
- 2003
- 2004
- 2005
- 2006
- 2007
- 2003
- 2003
- 2004
- 2004
- 2005
- 2005
- 2006
- 2007
- 2003
- 2004
- 2005
- 2006
- 2003_professional_edition
- 2004
- 2004_professional_edition
- 2005
- 2005_premier
- 2006
- 11.5
No data.
No Red Hat product state for this CVE.
No package ranges for this CVE.
Remediation
No remediation recorded yet.
Metrics
No CVSS v4.0 score for this CVE.
No CVSS v3.1 score for this CVE.
No CVSS v3.0 score for this CVE.
AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C
This CVE is not in the KEV list.
No CISA SSVC assessment for this CVE yet.
Estimated probability of exploitation in the wild in the next 30 days (FIRST EPSS). As of Oct 2, 2026.
Score over time
2022–2026- EPSS v2
- EPSS v3
- EPSS v4
- EPSS v5
Percentile over time
- EPSS v2
- EPSS v3
- EPSS v4
- EPSS v5
Table of values (8 key points)
Flat stretches are collapsed; showing up to 120 newest points.
| Date | Score | Percentile | Model |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 2, 2026 | 1.32% (0.01323) | 69.90th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Jun 15, 2026 | 1.25% (0.01252) | 65.44th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Mar 17, 2025 | 0.44% (0.00442) | 61.09th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Dec 12, 2024 | 0.04% (0.00042) | 0.34th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 7, 2023 | 0.04% (0.00042) | 0.50th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 6, 2023 | 3.22% (0.03220) | 84.21th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Apr 1, 2022 | 3.22% (0.03220) | 82.61th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Feb 4, 2022 | 3.22% (0.03220) | 65.30th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
References (16)
- http://secunia.com/advisories/21938 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAVendor Advisory
- http://securityreason.com/securityalert/1591 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SREASON
- http://securityresponse.symantec.com/avcenter/security/Content/2006.09.20a.html x_refsource_CONFIRM
- http://securitytracker.com/id?1016889 vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACK
- http://securitytracker.com/id?1016892 vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACK
- http://securitytracker.com/id?1016893 vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACK
- http://securitytracker.com/id?1016894 vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACK
- http://securitytracker.com/id?1016895 vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACK
- http://securitytracker.com/id?1016896 vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACK
- http://securitytracker.com/id?1016897 vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACK
- http://securitytracker.com/id?1016898 vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACK
- http://www.matousec.com/info/advisories/Norton-Insufficient-validation-of-SymEvent-driver-input-buffer.php x_refsource_MISCVendor Advisory
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/446111/100/0/threaded mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQ
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/20051 vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDExploit
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/3636 vdb-entryx_refsource_VUPENVendor Advisory
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/28960 vdb-entryx_refsource_XF
Change history (0)
No recorded changes yet.