# CVE-2005-0923: Denial of service in n/a

> Attackers can cause a system crash and high CPU usage in Symantec Norton AntiVirus by renaming files on network shares.

- **Severity:** Low 2.1 (`AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P`)
- **Exploited in the wild:** Not known
- **Login needed:** Not needed
- **Attackable:** Local or same network only
- **Victim action needed:** Not needed
- **Fix available:** No
- **Published:** 29 Mar 2005
- **Updated:** 7 Aug 2024
- **Also known as:** GHSA-rgfh-p5f9-564v

## What is CVE-2005-0923?

CVE-2005-0923 is a low-severity denial of service vulnerability in Symantec Norton Antivirus, published on 29 Mar 2005. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.

### Official description

The SmartScan feature in the Auto-Protect module for Symantec Norton AntiVirus 2004 and 2005, as also used in Internet Security 2004/2005 and System Works 2004/2005, allows attackers to cause a denial of service (CPU consumption and system crash) by renaming a file on a network share.

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2005-0923?

It affects 3 products.


Products: Symantec Norton Antivirus, Symantec Norton Internet Security, Symantec Norton System Works.

## How do I fix CVE-2005-0923?

No fix has been published for CVE-2005-0923 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

## Is CVE-2005-0923 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2005-0923 in the wild and no public exploit code.

## Other vulnerabilities in Symantec Norton Antivirus

- [CVE-2005-2017](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2005-2017/): Privilege escalation in n/a (critical 10.0)
- [CVE-2004-0487](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2004-0487/): Other in n/a (critical 10.0)
- [CVE-2006-3456](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2006-3456/): Code injection in n/a (high 8.5)
- [CVE-2002-2206](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2002-2206/): Denial of service in n/a (high 7.8)
- [CVE-2002-1774](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2002-1774/): Security feature bypass in n/a (high 7.5)

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2005-0923 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2005-0923 is a low-severity denial of service vulnerability in Symantec Norton Antivirus, published on 29 Mar 2005. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.
Exploitation: There is no known exploitation of CVE-2005-0923 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Affected product: Symantec Norton Antivirus. No package-level version data is available, so check the vendor advisory linked from the reference page.

Task:
1. Search the dependency manifests and lockfiles (for example package.json, package-lock.json, requirements.txt, poetry.lock, uv.lock, pom.xml, build.gradle, go.mod, Cargo.lock, Gemfile.lock) and any Dockerfiles for the affected packages, including transitive dependencies.
2. If an affected version is in use, upgrade it to the fixed version for its release line with the project's package manager, so the lockfile is regenerated. Prefer the smallest upgrade that fixes it.
3. If there is no fix, or the upgrade would break the build, do not guess: explain the risk and the safest workaround instead.
4. Run the tests and summarise what changed and why.
5. If nothing in the project is affected, say so and change nothing.

Reference: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2005-0923/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2005-0923/index.md)
```

## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2005-0923
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2005-0923
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2005-0923

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From sbomify Insights: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2005-0923/
Summaries are generated and may contain mistakes; the official description above is the record.