Symantec Norton System Works 2004 Professional Auto-Protect denial of service

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability, which was classified as problematic, has been found in Symantec Norton System Works 2004 Professional. This affects an unknown function of the component Auto-Protect Module. The manipulation leads to denial of service. This vulnerability is referenced as CVE-2005-0923. No exploit is available.

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A vulnerability, which was classified as problematic, has been found in Symantec Norton System Works 2004 Professional. This issue affects an unknown functionality of the component Auto-Protect Module. 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. The summary by CVE is:

The SmartScan feature in the Auto-Protect module for Symantec Norton AntiVirus 2004 and 2005, as also used in Internet Security 2004/2005 and System Works 2004/2005, allows attackers to cause a denial of service (CPU consumption and system crash) by renaming a file on a network share.

The bug was discovered 03/28/2005. The weakness was published 05/02/2005 as confirmed advisory (CERT.org). The advisory is shared at kb.cert.org. The identification of this vulnerability is CVE-2005-0923 since 03/29/2005. The exploitation is known to be easy. An attack has to be approached locally. No form of authentication is needed for a successful exploitation. Neither technical details nor an exploit are publicly available.

The vulnerability was handled as a non-public zero-day exploit for at least 35 days. During that time the estimated underground price was around $5k-$25k. The commercial vulnerability scanner Qualys is able to test this issue with plugin 38418 (Symantec Norton AntiVirus AutoProtect Module SmartScan Local Denial of Service Vulnerability).

There is no information about possible countermeasures known. It may be suggested to replace the affected object with an alternative product.

The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at X-Force (19863), SecurityFocus (BID 12924†), OSVDB (15102†), Secunia (SA14741†) and SecurityTracker (ID 1013585†). Similar entries are available at VDB-1306 and VDB-1305. If you want to get the best quality for vulnerability data then you always have to consider VulDB.

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Class: Denial of service
CWE: CWE-404
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Vendor: symantec.com

Advisory: kb.cert.org
Status: Confirmed
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CVE: CVE-2005-0923 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2005-0923
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-24725
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X-Force: 19863
SecurityFocus: 12924 - Symantec Norton AntiVirus AutoProtect Module SmartScan Local Denial Of Service Vulnerability
Secunia: 14741 - Symantec Norton AntiVirus Denial of Service Vulnerabilities, Less Critical
OSVDB: 15102 - Symantec - Norton AntiVirus - AutoProtect Module SmartScan Local Denial Of Service Issue
SecurityTracker: 1013585
Vulnerability Center: 12074 - Symantec Norton AntiVirus SmartScan Feature DoS via Renaming File on a Network Share, Medium

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Entryinfo

Created: 03/10/2015 23:05
Updated: 07/04/2025 19:01
Changes: 03/10/2015 23:05 (69), 06/21/2019 12:09 (3), 07/18/2024 05:12 (17), 07/04/2025 19:01 (2)
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