CVE-2007-1476 Denial of service in n/a
Local attackers can crash the system by sending crafted data to the SymTDI driver in Symantec Norton products.
- 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-2007-1476?
CVE-2007-1476 is a low-severity denial of service vulnerability in Symantec Norton Antivirus, published on 16 Mar 2007. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.
Official description
The SymTDI device driver (SYMTDI.SYS) in Symantec Norton Personal Firewall 2006 9.1.1.7 and earlier, Internet Security 2005 and 2006, AntiVirus Corporate Edition 3.0.x through 10.1.x, and other Norton products, allows local users to cause a denial of service (system crash) by sending crafted data to the driver's \Device file, which triggers invalid memory access, a different vulnerability than CVE-2006-4855.
Weakness: CWE-20
Which versions are affected by CVE-2007-1476?
It affects 6 products.
Products include Symantec Client Security, Symantec Norton Antispam, Symantec Norton Antivirus, Symantec Norton Internet Security, Symantec Norton Personal Firewall, Symantec Norton System Works.
How do I fix CVE-2007-1476?
No fix has been published for CVE-2007-1476 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-2007-1476 being exploited?
It is not confirmed as exploited in the wild, but public exploit code for CVE-2007-1476 exists.
Public exploit code: 1 Exploit-DB entry.
Other vulnerabilities in Symantec Norton Antivirus
Sources
Also known as GHSA-qgr6-v6hp-mh5r.