Antivirus Scan Engine vulnerabilitiesRanked by how likely they are to be used.
Antivirus Scan Engine is made by Symantec. We track 10 published vulnerabilities listed under that exact name, across 12 versions. None of them is on the list of flaws known to be exploited today. Symantec lists newer releases under their own names, such as Antivirus Scan Engine for Network Attached Storage, so check those pages too.
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Is Antivirus Scan Engine listed under other names? Yes.
Symantec also lists Antivirus Scan Engine under more specific names, such as Antivirus Scan Engine for Network Attached Storage. Flaws listed only under those names are counted on their own pages, not here. If you run one of these, open its page for its own exploited flaws.
Which Antivirus Scan Engine vulnerabilities are being exploited?
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None of Antivirus Scan Engine's published vulnerabilities is on the list of flaws known to be exploited today. We keep watching that list.
Which Antivirus Scan Engine flaws are most likely to be used?
Ranked by the latest exploit-likelihood forecast: the chance each flaw is used in an attack in the next 30 days. A high severity score on its own doesn't tell you that. Flaws shared by many other makers' products are left out.
- 19%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 virtual offset to a crafted PE header.
- 16%CVE-2006-0230Critical
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 privileges via a modified client that...
- 13%CVE-2005-2758Critical
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 with negative values, which lead to a...
- 6.0%CVE-2007-0447Critical
Heap-based buffer overflow in the Decomposer component in multiple Symantec products allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via multiple crafted CAB archives.
- 3.9%CVE-2007-3699Critical
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 archive file header.
- 2.5%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, which allows remote attackers to obtain...
- 1.9%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-middle attacks and decrypt...
- 1.7%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 file with malformed central and...
- 0.5%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 attack on /tmp/LiveUpdate.log.
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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 virtual offset to a crafted PE header.
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- Antivirus Scan Engine on Acme's software list
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We track 10 published vulnerabilities listed under the name Antivirus Scan Engine, across 12 versions.
None of Antivirus Scan Engine's vulnerabilities is on the list of flaws known to be exploited today.
Symantec also lists Antivirus Scan Engine under more specific names, such as Antivirus Scan Engine for Network Attached Storage. Flaws listed only under those names are counted on their own pages, not here. Open the release you run to see its own list.
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