# CVE-2010-0106: Denial of service in n/a

> Remote attackers can prevent on-demand scanning in Symantec AntiVirus if Tamper protection is disabled, causing a denial of service.

- **Severity:** Low 1.9 (`AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P`)
- **Exploited in the wild:** Not known
- **Login needed:** Not needed
- **Attackable:** Over the internet
- **Victim action needed:** Not needed
- **Fix available:** No
- **Published:** 19 Feb 2010
- **Updated:** 7 Aug 2024
- **Also known as:** GHSA-222c-qv22-f3wj

## What is CVE-2010-0106?

CVE-2010-0106 is a low-severity denial of service vulnerability in Symantec Endpoint Protection, published on 19 Feb 2010. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.

### Official description

The on-demand scanning in Symantec AntiVirus 10.0.x and 10.1.x before MR9, AntiVirus 10.2.x, and Client Security 3.0.x and 3.1.x before MR9, when Tamper protection is disabled, allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (prevention of on-demand scanning) via "specific events" that prevent the user from having read access to unspecified resources.

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2010-0106?

It affects 3 products.


Products: Symantec Antivirus, Symantec Client Security, Symantec Endpoint Protection.

## How do I fix CVE-2010-0106?

No fix has been published for CVE-2010-0106 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

## Is CVE-2010-0106 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2010-0106 in the wild and no public exploit code.

## Other vulnerabilities in Symantec Endpoint Protection

- [CVE-2010-0108](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2010-0108/): Memory corruption in n/a (critical 10.0)
- [CVE-2009-1429](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2009-1429/): Command injection in n/a (critical 10.0)
- [CVE-2012-4953](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2012-4953/): Memory corruption in n/a (critical 9.3)
- [CVE-2010-0111](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2010-0111/): Command injection in n/a (critical 9.3)
- [CVE-2011-0688](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2011-0688/): Command injection in n/a (critical 9.3)

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2010-0106 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2010-0106 is a low-severity denial of service vulnerability in Symantec Endpoint Protection, published on 19 Feb 2010. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.
Exploitation: There is no known exploitation of CVE-2010-0106 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Affected product: Symantec Endpoint Protection. 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-2010-0106/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2010-0106/index.md)
```

## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2010-0106
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2010-0106
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2010-0106

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From sbomify Insights: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2010-0106/
Summaries are generated and may contain mistakes; the official description above is the record.