# CVE-2006-1836: Path traversal in n/a

> Local attackers can gain privileges by exploiting an untrusted search path in Symantec LiveUpdate for Macintosh via a Trojan horse program.

- **Severity:** Medium 6.8 (`AV:L/AC:L/Au:S/C:C/I:C/A:C`)
- **Exploited in the wild:** Not known
- **Login needed:** Any signed-in user
- **Attackable:** Local or same network only
- **Victim action needed:** Not needed
- **Fix available:** No
- **Published:** 19 Apr 2006
- **Updated:** 7 Aug 2024
- **Also known as:** GHSA-q73f-wrp7-jcr3

## What is CVE-2006-1836?

CVE-2006-1836 is a medium-severity path traversal vulnerability in Symantec Norton Antivirus, published on 19 Apr 2006. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.

### Official description

Untrusted search path vulnerability in unspecified components in Symantec LiveUpdate for Macintosh 3.0.0 through 3.5.0 do not set the execution path, which allows local users to gain privileges via a Trojan horse program.

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2006-1836?

It affects 6 products.


Products: Symantec Liveupdate, Symantec Norton Antivirus, Symantec Norton Internet Security, Symantec Norton Personal Firewall, Symantec Norton System Works, Symantec Norton Utilities.

## How do I fix CVE-2006-1836?

No fix has been published for CVE-2006-1836 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

## Is CVE-2006-1836 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2006-1836 in the wild and no public exploit code.

## Other vulnerabilities in Symantec Norton Antivirus

- [CVE-2001-1125](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2001-1125/): Supply chain in n/a (critical 9.8)
- [CVE-2002-0344](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2002-0344/): Hardcoded credentials in n/a (medium 5.0)
- [CVE-2001-1126](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2001-1126/): Denial of service in n/a (medium 5.0)
- [CVE-2001-0549](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2001-0549/): Information disclosure in n/a (medium 4.6)

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2006-1836 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2006-1836 is a medium-severity path traversal vulnerability in Symantec Norton Antivirus, published on 19 Apr 2006. 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-2006-1836 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-2006-1836/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2006-1836/index.md)
```

## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2006-1836
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2006-1836
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2006-1836

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From sbomify Insights: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2006-1836/
Summaries are generated and may contain mistakes; the official description above is the record.