Multiple unspecified "input validation error" vulnerabilities in multiple ActiveX controls in NavComUI.dll, as used in multiple Norton AntiV
Multiple unspecified "input validation error" vulnerabilities in multiple ActiveX controls in NavComUI.dll, as used in multiple Norton AntiVirus, Internet Security, and System Works products for 2006, allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via (1) the AnomalyList property to AxSysListView32 and (2) Anomaly property to AxSysListView32OAA.
- Published
- Aug 9, 2007
- Updated
- Jun 16, 2026
- EPSS
- 4.0% · 90th percentile
- CWE
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Action score
28
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Low priority for now.
- CVSS
- 27 / 40 · 6.8 / 10
- CISA KEV
- 0 / 30 · Not listed
- EPSS
- 1 / 30 · 4.0%
Affected systems
| Vendor | Product | CPE |
|---|---|---|
| symantec | norton antivirus | cpe:2.3:a:symantec:norton_antivirus |
| symantec | norton internet security | cpe:2.3:a:symantec:norton_internet_security |
| symantec | norton system works | cpe:2.3:a:symantec:norton_system_works |
Affected versions
NVD version ranges (for catalog products). Add the product to your stack with a version and matching uses these.
- symantec norton antivirus2006
- symantec norton internet security2005
- symantec norton internet security2006
- symantec norton system works2006
Same product
symantec: all recordsOther highest-scoring records for the same primary product.
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- CVE-2005-2017Symantec AntiVirus 9 Corporate Edition allows local users to gain privileges via the "Scan for viruses" option, which launches a help window41Plan
- CVE-2006-3456The Symantec NAVOPTS.DLL ActiveX control (aka Symantec.Norton.AntiVirus.NAVOptions) 12.2.0.13, as used in Norton AntiVirus, Internet Securit35Monitor
- CVE-2002-2206The POP3 proxy service (POPROXY.EXE) in Norton AntiVirus 2001 allows local users to cause a denial of service (CPU consumption and crash) vi32Monitor
- CVE-2002-1776NOTE: this issue has been disputed by the vendor.31Monitor
- CVE-2002-1774NOTE: this issue has been disputed by the vendor.31Monitor
Remediation
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No fix version is recorded for this entry. Check the references for vendor advisories.
Exploit status
No known public exploit
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Research context
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Timeline
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No dated events beyond publication.
FIRST EPSS daily score; only changes of 0.01 or more are recorded (step chart).
Patch and commit links
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No commit or PR link among the references.
Credits
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Variant candidates
Same product, same weakness class, within 18 months. If the patch missed the root cause, the sibling bug is here.
No nightly-computed relations.
Chain candidates
An authentication bypass and a privilege-requiring bug in the same product, published close together: combined they may become an unauthenticated path.
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Bug bounty scope
No known public program.
Source: bounty-targets-data (public HackerOne, Bugcrowd, Intigriti, YesWeHack listings).
Technical details
Attack conditions
If successful
- Confidentiality
- P · data can be read
- Integrity
- P · data or configuration can be modified
- Availability
- P · the service can be disrupted
- Attack complexity
- M
- Confidentiality impact
- P
- Integrity impact
- P
- Availability impact
- P
Weakness class (CWE)
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CVSS vector
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
nvd-primary
Attack context
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References
- secunia.com/advisories/25215
- secunia.com/secunia_research/2007-53/advisory/
- www.securityfocus.com/bid/24983
- www.securitytracker.com/id?1018545
- www.securitytracker.com/id?1018546
- www.securitytracker.com/id?1018547
- www.symantec.com/avcenter/security/Content/2007.08.09.html
- www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/2822
- exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/35944
Vendor advisories and official records. Exploit/PoC links are deliberately left out.