>> Symantec AntiVirus and Client Security Remote Buffer Overflow Vulnerability
Title : Symantec AntiVirus and Client Security Remote Buffer Overflow Vulnerability VUPEN ID : VUPEN/ADV-2006-2005 CVE ID : CVE-2006-2630
Rated as : Critical
Remotely Exploitable : Yes Locally Exploitable : Yes Release Date : 2006-05-28
Technical Description
A vulnerability has been identified in Symantec AntiVirus and Symantec Client Security, which could be exploited by attackers or malware to take complete control of an affected system. This flaw is due to a stack overflow error when processing malformed files, which could be exploited by attackers to execute arbitrary commands with SYSTEM privileges (e.g. by sending an email containing a malicious file to a machine being protected by an affected product).
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