CVE-2006-1836

Summary

CVECVE-2006-1836
StatePUBLISHED
Assignermitre
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2006-04-19 16:06:00 UTC
Updated2025-04-03 01:03:51 UTC
DescriptionUntrusted search path vulnerability in unspecified components in Symantec LiveUpdate for Macintosh 3.0.0 through 3.5.0 do not set the execution path, which allows local users to gain privileges via a Trojan horse program.

Risk And Classification

Primary CVSS: v2.0 6.8 from [email protected]

AV:L/AC:L/Au:S/C:C/I:C/A:C

EPSS: 0.000600000 probability, percentile 0.187100000 (date 2026-04-20)

Problem Types: NVD-CWE-Other | n/a

CVSS v2.0 Breakdown

Access Vector
Local
Access Complexity
Low
Authentication
Single
Confidentiality
Complete
Integrity
Complete
Availability
Complete

AV:L/AC:L/Au:S/C:C/I:C/A:C

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Application Symantec Liveupdate 3.0 All macintosh All
Application Symantec Liveupdate 3.0.1 All macintosh All
Application Symantec Liveupdate 3.0.2 All macintosh All
Application Symantec Liveupdate 3.0.3 All macintosh All
Application Symantec Liveupdate 3.5 All macintosh All
Application Symantec Norton Antivirus 10.0 All macintosh All
Application Symantec Norton Antivirus 10.0.0 All macintosh All
Application Symantec Norton Antivirus 10.0.1 All macintosh All
Application Symantec Norton Antivirus 10.9.1 All macintosh All
Application Symantec Norton Antivirus 9.0.0 All macintosh All
Application Symantec Norton Antivirus 9.0.1 All macintosh All
Application Symantec Norton Antivirus 9.0.2 All macintosh All
Application Symantec Norton Antivirus 9.0.3 All macintosh All
Application Symantec Norton Internet Security 3.0 All macintosh All
Application Symantec Norton Personal Firewall 3.0 All macintosh All
Application Symantec Norton Personal Firewall 3.1 All macintosh All
Application Symantec Norton System Works 3.0 All macintosh All
Application Symantec Norton Utilities 8.0 All macintosh All

Vendor Declared Affected Products

SourceVendorProductVersionPlatforms
CNA Na N/a affected n/a Not specified

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
SecurityFocus af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.securityfocus.com
Symantec LiveUpdate for Macintosh Local Privilege Escalation Vulnerability af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.securityfocus.com
Symantec LiveUpdate for Macintosh Missing Path Specification Lets Local Users Gain Elevated Privileges - SecurityTracker af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 securitytracker.com
IBM X-Force Exchange af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com
Webmail : Solution de messagerie professionnelle - OVHcloud- OVH af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.vupen.com
Symantec LiveUpdate for Machintosh Privilege Escalation - Advisories - Secunia af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com Vendor Advisory
CXSecurity - IDS af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 securityreason.com
Symantec LiveUpdate for Macintosh Local Privilege Escalation af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 securityresponse.symantec.com Patch
CVE Program record CVE.ORG www.cve.org canonical
NVD vulnerability detail NVD nvd.nist.gov canonical, analysis
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