CVE-2006-4981 - Symantec Sygate NAC allows physically proximate attackers to bypass control methods and join a local network by selecting a forged MAC address associated with an exception rule that (1) permits all non-Windows devices or (2) whitelists certain sets of Organizationally Unique Identifiers (OUIs)

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Symantec Sygate NAC allows physically proximate attackers to bypass control methods and join a local network by selecting a forged MAC address associated with an exception rule that (1) permits all non-Windows devices or (2) whitelists certain sets of Organizationally Unique Identifiers (OUIs)

Published Sep 26, 2006

4.6

MEDIUM

CVSS 2.0

EPSS 0.34%

Description

Symantec Sygate NAC allows physically proximate attackers to bypass control methods and join a local network by selecting a forged MAC address associated with an exception rule that (1) permits all non-Windows devices or (2) whitelists certain sets of Organizationally Unique Identifiers (OUIs).

Affected products

Remediation

No remediation recorded yet.

Weaknesses (0)

No CWE recorded.

References (2)

http://www.insightix.com/files/pdf/Bypassing_NAC_Solutions_Whitepaper.pdf
x_refsource_MISC
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/446421/100/0/threaded
mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQ

Link	Providers	Tags
http://www.insightix.com/files/pdf/Bypassing_NAC_Solutions_Whitepaper.pdf		x_refsource_MISC
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/446421/100/0/threaded		mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQ

Change history (0)

No recorded changes yet.

Sources

CVE.org / MITRE

Status PUBLISHED

Assigner mitre

Published Sep 26, 2006

Updated Aug 7, 2024

Reserved Sep 25, 2006

Link CVE-2006-4981

CISA Vulnrichment

Updated n/a

NVD

Status Modified

Modified Jun 16, 2026

Link CVE-2006-4981

Red Hat

Severity n/a

Public date n/a

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