Symantec Norton Antivirus up to 2001 MIME Header denial of service ⚔ [Disputed]

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability classified as critical was found in Symantec Norton Antivirus up to 2001. This vulnerability affects unknown code of the component MIME Header Handler. Such manipulation leads to denial of service. This vulnerability is listed as CVE-2002-1775. There is no available exploit. It is still unclear if this vulnerability genuinely exists. Upgrading the affected component is advised.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability was found in Symantec Norton Antivirus up to 2001 (Anti-Malware Software) and classified as critical. Affected by this issue is an unknown function of the component MIME Header Handler. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a denial of service vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to CWE-404. The product does not release or incorrectly releases a resource before it is made available for re-use. Impacted is availability. CVE summarizes:

** DISPUTED ** NOTE: this issue has been disputed by the vendor. Symantec Norton AntiVirus (NAV) 2002 allows remote attackers to bypass the initial virus scan and cause NAV to prematurely stop scanning by using a non-RFC compliant MIME header. NOTE: the vendor has disputed this issue, acknowledging that the initial scan is bypassed, but the AutoProtect feature would detect the virus before it is executed.

The weakness was presented 12/31/2002 (Website). The advisory is available at online.securityfocus.com. This vulnerability is handled as CVE-2002-1775 since 06/21/2005. The exploitation is known to be easy. The attack may be launched remotely. No form of authentication is required for exploitation. The technical details are unknown and an exploit is not available.

The real existence of this vulnerability is still doubted at the moment.

Upgrading to version 2002 eliminates this vulnerability.

The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at X-Force (8390) and SecurityFocus (BID 4243†). See VDB-19417, VDB-19419 and VDB-19420 for similar entries. If you want to get best quality of vulnerability data, you may have to visit VulDB.

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Class: Denial of service
CWE: CWE-404
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Physical: No
Local: No
Remote: Yes

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Countermeasuresinfo

Recommended: Upgrade
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Upgrade: Norton Antivirus 2002

Timelineinfo

03/07/2002 🔍
12/31/2002 +299 days 🔍
12/31/2002 +0 days 🔍
06/21/2005 +903 days 🔍
08/04/2014 +3331 days 🔍
08/08/2024 +3657 days 🔍

Sourcesinfo

Vendor: symantec.com

Advisory: online.securityfocus.com⛔
Status: Not defined
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CVE: CVE-2002-1775 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2002-1775
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-19418
X-Force: 8390 - Symantec Norton AntiVirus 2002 incoming email scan can be bypassed by embedding malicious code in non-RFC compliant MIME messages
SecurityFocus: 4243 - Symantec Norton AntiVirus Non-RFC Compliant Email Protection Bypass Vulnerability

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Entryinfo

Created: 08/04/2014 16:57
Updated: 08/08/2024 06:35
Changes: 08/04/2014 16:57 (54), 04/19/2019 14:36 (4), 08/08/2024 06:35 (16)
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Cache ID: 216::103

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