CVE-2004-0487 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

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.

Published: 2004-06-03

Score: 10.0 Critical

EPSS: 6.4% Low

KEV: No

Analysis

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Default status is the baseline for the product, each version can override it (e.g. patched versions marked unaffected).

Vendor Product Default status Versions

n/a

n/a

affected

Version	Status	Constraints
`n/a`	affected	—

Configuration 1 [-]

cpe:2.3:a:symantec:norton_antivirus:2.1:*:ms_exchange:*:*:*:*:*

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Remediation

No solution or workaround provided in the CVE record.

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Tracking

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Advisories

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No CVSS v4.0

No CVSS v3.1

No CVSS v3.0

Access Vector Network

Access Complexity Low

Authentication None

Confidentiality Impact Complete

Integrity Impact Complete

Availability Impact Complete

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

The EPSS score is 0.06446.

Key SSVC decision points have not yet been added.

References

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

History

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Subscriptions

Symantec Norton Antivirus

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published: 2004-06-03T04:00:00.000Z

Updated: 2024-08-08T00:17:15.131Z

Reserved: 2004-05-20T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2004-0487

Vulnrichment

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NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2004-08-18T04:00:00.000

Modified: 2026-06-16T22:05:43.790

Link: CVE-2004-0487

Redhat

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OpenCVE Enrichment

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Weaknesses

NVD-CWE-Other

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