CVE-2006-3072

Severity: medium (CVSS 4.6 v2.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 0.5% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: none known
Published: 2006-06-19 · updated 2026-06-16

Description

M4 Macro Library in Symantec Security Information Manager before 4.0.2.29 HOTFIX 1 allows local users to execute arbitrary commands via crafted "rule definitions", which produces dangerous Java code during M4 transformation.

Affected products

Symantec Security Information Manager: 4.0.2, 4.0.2.1, 4.0.2.2, 4.0.2.3, 4.0.2.4, 4.0.2.5 (+24)

References

http://secunia.com/advisories/20647
http://securityresponse.symantec.com/avcenter/security/Content/2006.06.13b.html
http://securitytracker.com/id?1016296
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/18420
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/2334
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/27105
http://secunia.com/advisories/20647
http://securityresponse.symantec.com/avcenter/security/Content/2006.06.13b.html
http://securitytracker.com/id?1016296
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/18420
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/2334
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/27105

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