CVE-2004-0487

Description

A certain ActiveX control in Symantec Norton AntiVirus 2004 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (resource consumption) and possibly execute arbitrary programs.

10.0

CVSS

Severity: Critical

CVSS 2.0 •

EPSS 16.48% Top 10%

Vendor Advisory securityfocus.com

Affected: n/a n/a

References

Link	Tags
http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=108515369718455&w=2	mailing list
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/16220	vdb entry
http://www.ciac.org/ciac/bulletins/o-149.shtml	third party advisory government resource
http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/312510	third party advisory us government resource
http://www.symantec.com/avcenter/security/Content/2004.05.20.html
http://www.lac.co.jp/security/csl/intelligence/SNSadvisory_e/72_e.html
http://secunia.com/advisories/11676	third party advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/10392	vdb entry vendor advisory
http://www.osvdb.org/6303	vdb entry

Frequently Asked Questions

What is the severity of CVE-2004-0487?: CVE-2004-0487 has been scored as a critical severity vulnerability.
How to fix CVE-2004-0487?: To fix CVE-2004-0487, make sure you are using an up-to-date version of the affected component(s) by checking the vendor release notes. As for now, there are no other specific guidelines available.
Is CVE-2004-0487 being actively exploited in the wild?: It is possible that CVE-2004-0487 is being exploited or will be exploited in a near future based on public information. According to its EPSS score, there is a ~16% probability that this vulnerability will be exploited by malicious actors in the next 30 days.

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