CVE-2004-0920 Denial of service in n/a
Attackers can crash Symantec Norton AntiVirus or bypass detection by using filenames with MS-DOS device names, requiring user interaction to process the file.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- Not needed
- Attackable
- Local or same network only
- Victim action needed
- A user has to click or open something
- Fix
- None listed
What is CVE-2004-0920?
CVE-2004-0920 is a medium-severity denial of service vulnerability in Symantec Norton Antivirus, published on 6 Oct 2004. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, and only if a user opens a file or follows a link.
Official description
Symantec Norton AntiVirus 2004, and earlier versions, allows a virus or other malicious code to avoid detection or cause a denial of service (application crash) using a filename containing an MS-DOS device name.
Which versions are affected by CVE-2004-0920?
It affects 1 product.
Products include Symantec Norton Antivirus.
How do I fix CVE-2004-0920?
No fix has been published for CVE-2004-0920 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.
Upgrade, then put limits on request size, rate and nesting depth so one client cannot exhaust the service. More about Denial of service.
Is CVE-2004-0920 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2004-0920 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Other vulnerabilities in Symantec Norton Antivirus
Sources
Also known as GHSA-9fw8-vjhf-78p8.