CVE-2006-6496

Severity: medium (CVSS 6.6 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: 2006-12-13 · updated 2026-06-16

Description

The (1) VetMONNT.sys and (2) VetFDDNT.sys drivers in CA Anti-Virus 2007 8.1, Anti-Virus for Vista Beta 8.2, and CA Internet Security Suite 2007 v3.0 do not properly handle NULL buffers, which allows local users with administrative access to cause a denial of service (system crash) via certain IOCTLs.

Affected products

Broadcom Etrust Antivirus: 8.1, 8.2-beta
Broadcom Internet Security Suite: 3.0

References

http://crm.my-etrust.com/CIDocument.asp?KDId=2651&GUID=9FD7E4F8362C4A168D88B4FFA34DCB4C
http://secunia.com/advisories/23378
http://securitytracker.com/id?1017381
http://securitytracker.com/id?1017382
http://www.osvdb.org/30845
http://www.reversemode.com/index.php?option=com_remository&Itemid=2&func=fileinfo&id=41
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/454420/100/0/threaded
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/21593
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/5010
http://www3.ca.com/securityadvisor/vulninfo/vuln.aspx?id=34870
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/30909
http://crm.my-etrust.com/CIDocument.asp?KDId=2651&GUID=9FD7E4F8362C4A168D88B4FFA34DCB4C

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