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CVE-2002-2206

• Severity: high (CVSS 7.8 v2.0)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 2.0% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: none known
• Published: 2002-12-31 · updated 2026-06-16

Description

The POP3 proxy service (POPROXY.EXE) in Norton AntiVirus 2001 allows local users to cause a denial of service (CPU consumption and crash) via a long username with multiple /localhost entries.

Affected products

• Symantec Norton Antivirus: 2001

References

• http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/bugtraq/2002-09/0240.html
• http://www.iss.net/security_center/static/10085.php
• http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/291358
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/5692
• http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/bugtraq/2002-09/0240.html
• http://www.iss.net/security_center/static/10085.php
• http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/291358
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/5692

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