CVE-2005-2759

Severity: high (CVSS 7.2 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: 2005-10-20 · updated 2026-06-16

Description

** SPLIT ** The jlucaller program in LiveUpdate for Symantec Norton AntiVirus 9.0.3 on Macintosh runs setuid when executing Java programs, which allows local users to gain privileges. NOTE: due to a CNA error, this candidate was also originally assigned to an issue in DiskMountNotify. Use CVE-2005-3270 for the DiskMountNotify issue, and CVE-2005-2759 for the LiveUpdate issue.

Affected products

Symantec Norton Antivirus: 9.0.3

References

http://secunia.com/advisories/17268
http://securitytracker.com/id?1015083
http://www.idefense.com/application/poi/display?id=324&type=vulnerabilities
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/15142
http://www.symantec.com/avcenter/security/Content/2005.10.19a.html
http://secunia.com/advisories/17268
http://securitytracker.com/id?1015083
http://www.idefense.com/application/poi/display?id=324&type=vulnerabilities
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/15142
http://www.symantec.com/avcenter/security/Content/2005.10.19a.html

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