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CVE-2005-0923

• Severity: low (CVSS 2.1 v2.0)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 0.4% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: none known
• Published: 2005-05-02 · updated 2026-06-16

Description

The SmartScan feature in the Auto-Protect module for Symantec Norton AntiVirus 2004 and 2005, as also used in Internet Security 2004/2005 and System Works 2004/2005, allows attackers to cause a denial of service (CPU consumption and system crash) by renaming a file on a network share.

Affected products

• Symantec Norton Antivirus: 2.1, 2005
• Symantec Norton Internet Security: 2004, 2005
• Symantec Norton System Works: 2004_professional, 2005_premier

References

• http://secunia.com/advisories/14741
• http://securityresponse.symantec.com/avcenter/security/Content/2005.03.28.html
• http://securitytracker.com/id?1013585
• http://securitytracker.com/id?1013586
• http://securitytracker.com/id?1013587
• http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/713620
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/12924
• http://secunia.com/advisories/14741
• http://securityresponse.symantec.com/avcenter/security/Content/2005.03.28.html
• http://securitytracker.com/id?1013585
• http://securitytracker.com/id?1013586
• http://securitytracker.com/id?1013587

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