Vulnerability CVE-2007-1495
Published: 2007-03-16   Modified: 2012-02-12

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.

See advisories in our WLB2 database:
Topic
Author
Date
Med.
SymEvent Driver Local Access System Denial of Service
Matousec - Trans...
21.03.2007

Type:

CWE-Other

CVSS2 => (AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C)

CVSS Base Score
Impact Subscore
Exploitability Subscore
4.9/10
6.9/10
3.9/10
Exploit range
Attack complexity
Authentication
Local
Low
No required
Confidentiality impact
Integrity impact
Availability impact
None
None
Complete
Affected software
Symantec -> Norton personal firewall 

 References:
http://securityreason.com/securityalert/2445
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/462792/100/0/threaded
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/22961
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