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CVE-2006-4927

• Severity: medium (CVSS 4.6 v2.0)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 1.8% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: yes
• Published: 2006-10-10 · updated 2026-06-16

Description

The (a) NAVENG (NAVENG.SYS) and (b) NAVEX15 (NAVEX15.SYS) device drivers 20061.3.0.12 and later, as used in Symantec AntiVirus and security products, allow local users to gain privileges by overwriting critical system addresses using a crafted Irp to the IOCTL functions (1) 0x222AD3, (2) 0x222AD7, and (3) 0x222ADB.

Affected products

• Symantec Naveng Driver: all versions
• Symantec Navex15 Driver: all versions

References

• http://secunia.com/advisories/22288
• http://securityreason.com/securityalert/1690
• http://securitytracker.com/id?1016994
• http://securitytracker.com/id?1016995
• http://securitytracker.com/id?1016996
• http://securitytracker.com/id?1016997
• http://securitytracker.com/id?1016998
• http://securitytracker.com/id?1016999
• http://securitytracker.com/id?1017000
• http://securitytracker.com/id?1017001
• http://securitytracker.com/id?1017002
• http://www.idefense.com/intelligence/vulnerabilities/display.php?id=417

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