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CVE-2001-1126

• Severity: medium (CVSS 5.0 v2.0)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 2.6% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: none known
• Published: 2001-10-05 · updated 2026-06-16

Description

Symantec LiveUpdate 1.4 through 1.6, and possibly later versions, allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (flood) via DNS spoofing of the update.symantec.com site.

Affected products

• Symantec Liveupdate: 1.4, 1.5, 1.6

References

• http://www.sarc.com/avcenter/security/Content/2001.10.05.html
• http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/218717
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/3413
• https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/7235
• http://www.sarc.com/avcenter/security/Content/2001.10.05.html
• http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/218717
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/3413
• https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/7235

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