CVE-2007-1495

Symantec Norton Personal Firewall 9.1.1.7 - Denial of Service via DeviceIoControl to \Device\SymEvent

Title source: llm
STIX 2.1

Description

The \Device\SymEvent driver in Symantec Norton Personal Firewall 2006 9.1.1.7, and possibly other products using symevent.sys 12.0.0.20, allows local users to cause a denial of service (system crash) via invalid data, as demonstrated by calling DeviceIoControl to send the data, a reintroduction of CVE-2006-4855.

References (3)

Core 3
Core References
Exploit vdb-entry x_refsource_bid
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/22961
Third Party Advisory third-party-advisory x_refsource_sreason
http://securityreason.com/securityalert/2445
Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry mailing-list x_refsource_bugtraq
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/462792/100/0/threaded

Scores

EPSS 0.0007
EPSS Percentile 21.4%

Details

Status published
Products (1)
symantec/norton_personal_firewall 2006_9.1.1.7
Published Mar 16, 2007
Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026