CVE-2006-4266 Security feature bypass in n/a
Local attackers with administrative privileges can bypass Norton Personal Firewall protections by modifying registry keys to load malicious libraries.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- An administrator
- Attackable
- Local or same network only
- Victim action needed
- Not needed
- Fix
- None listed
What is CVE-2006-4266?
CVE-2006-4266 is a low-severity vulnerability in n/a, published on 21 Aug 2006. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.
Official description
Symantec Norton Personal Firewall 2006 9.1.0.33, and possibly earlier, does not properly protect Norton registry keys, which allows local users to provide Trojan horse libraries to Norton by using RegSaveKey and RegRestoreKey to modify HKLM\SOFTWARE\Symantec\CCPD\SuiteOwners, as demonstrated using NISProd.dll. NOTE: in most cases, this attack would not cross privilege boundaries, because modifying the SuiteOwners key requires administrative privileges. However, this issue is a vulnerability because the product's functionality is intended to protect against privileged actions such as this.
Which versions are affected by CVE-2006-4266?
It affects 1 product.
Products include Symantec Norton Personal Firewall.
How do I fix CVE-2006-4266?
No fix has been published for CVE-2006-4266 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.
Is CVE-2006-4266 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2006-4266 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Other vulnerabilities in n/a
Sources
Also known as GHSA-wvr4-w8j2-frwr.