CVE-2006-4927 Privilege escalation in n/a
Local attackers can gain elevated privileges by sending crafted IOCTL requests to vulnerable Symantec AntiVirus device drivers.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- Any signed-in user
- Attackable
- Local or same network only
- Victim action needed
- Not needed
- Fix
- None listed
What is CVE-2006-4927?
CVE-2006-4927 is a medium-severity vulnerability in n/a, published on 5 Oct 2006. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.
Official description
The (a) NAVENG (NAVENG.SYS) and (b) NAVEX15 (NAVEX15.SYS) device drivers 20061.3.0.12 and later, as used in Symantec AntiVirus and security products, allow local users to gain privileges by overwriting critical system addresses using a crafted Irp to the IOCTL functions (1) 0x222AD3, (2) 0x222AD7, and (3) 0x222ADB.
Which versions are affected by CVE-2006-4927?
It affects 2 products.
Products include Symantec Naveng Driver, Symantec Navex15 Driver.
How do I fix CVE-2006-4927?
No fix has been published for CVE-2006-4927 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.
Is CVE-2006-4927 being exploited?
It is not confirmed as exploited in the wild, but public exploit code for CVE-2006-4927 exists.
Public exploit code: 2 Exploit-DB entries.
Sources
Also known as GHSA-rvvh-73v4-hw9m.