CVE-2006-5403

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Summary

CVECVE-2006-5403
StatePUBLISHED
Assignermitre
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2006-10-19 01:07:00 UTC
Updated2026-04-23 00:35:47 UTC
DescriptionStack-based buffer overflow in an ActiveX control used in Symantec Automated Support Assistant, as used in Norton AntiVirus, Internet Security, and System Works 2005 and 2006, allows user-assisted remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) and possibly execute arbitrary code via unspecified vectors.

Risk And Classification

Primary CVSS: v2.0 5.1 from [email protected]

AV:N/AC:H/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

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

CVSS v2.0 Breakdown

Access Vector
Network
Access Complexity
High
Authentication
None
Confidentiality
Partial
Integrity
Partial
Availability
Partial

AV:N/AC:H/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Application Symantec Automated Support Assistant All All All All
Application Symantec Norton Antivirus All All All All
Application Symantec Norton Internet Security 2006 All All All
Application Symantec Norton System Works 2005 All All All
Application Symantec Norton System Works 2006 All All All

Vendor Declared Affected Products

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

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
SecurityTracker.com Archives - Symantec Norton Anti-Virus Active X Control Stack Overflow Lets Remote Users Execute Arbitrary Code af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 securitytracker.com
SecurityTracker.com Archives - Symantec Norton System Works Active X Control Stack Overflow Lets Remote Users Execute Arbitrary Code af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 securitytracker.com
Symantec Support Tool ActiveX Control Vulnerabilities - Advisories - Secunia af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com Vendor Advisory
Symantec Security Center af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 securityresponse.symantec.com
Webmail : Solution de messagerie professionnelle - OVHcloud- OVH af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.vupen.com
IBM X-Force Exchange af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com
SecurityTracker.com Archives - Symantec Automated Support Assistant Active X Control Stack Overflow Lets Remote Users Execute Arbitrary Code af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 securitytracker.com
SecurityTracker.com Archives - Symantec Norton Internet Security Active X Control Stack Overflow Lets Remote Users Execute Arbitrary Code af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 securitytracker.com
Symantec Automated Support Assistant ActiveX Control Buffer Overflow Vulnerability af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.securityfocus.com
VU#400601 - Symantec Automated Support Assistant ActiveX control buffer overflow af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.kb.cert.org US Government Resource
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NVD vulnerability detail NVD nvd.nist.gov canonical, analysis
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