CVE-2006-0230Symantec Scan Engine 5.0.0.24, and possibly other versions before 5.1.0.7, uses a client-side check to verify a password, which allows…
- 10.0HighCVSS base score
- 16.5%Exploitation in 30 daysEPSS · top 3.0% of all CVEs
- NoKnown exploitednot in CISA's KEV catalog
- 1Public exploitsMetasploit, Nuclei and Exploit-DB
Description
Symantec Scan Engine 5.0.0.24, and possibly other versions before 5.1.0.7, uses a client-side check to verify a password, which allows remote attackers to gain administrator privileges via a modified client that sends certain XML requests.
Public exploit
An exploit or proof of concept is public: anyone can try it against an unpatched system. The public collections list an Exploit-DB entry for it.
Show the exploits1
Exploit-DB1 entry
- Symantec Scan Engine 5.0.x - Change Admin Password (Exploit-DB entry) (opens in a new tab)
EDB-ID 1703remote, windowspublished 21 Apr 2006Verified
Modules, templates and exploits as listed by the Metasploit Framework (BSD-3-Clause), ProjectDiscovery's Nuclei templates (MIT) and the Exploit Database (GPLv2), read once a day. Where the data comes from
Timeline
ID reserved
By mitre
- 3 months later
· 3 months later
Published
- 18 years later
· 18 years later
Record updated
Changes after publication (a new score, a public exploit, EPSS crossing 1, 10 or 50 %, leaving KEV) are kept since November 2026; earlier ones are not known.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| NVDNVD · Modified | 2.0 | High10.0 | AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 16.5% · top 3.0% of all CVEs (13 Nov 2026)
The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: High 10.0.
Affected products
n/a
- affected n/a
References
References9
- 17637 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDx_transferred
- 19734 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- 20060421 Rapid7 Advisory R7-0021: Symantec Scan Engine Authentication Fundamental Design Error (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQx_transferred
- 20060421 [Symantec Security Advisor] Symantec Scan Engine Multiple Vulnerabilities (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQx_transferred
- 20060421 Rapid7 Advisory R7-0021: Symantec Scan Engine Authentication Fundamental Design Error (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_VULNWATCHx_transferred
- VU#118388 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_CERT-VNx_transferred
- http://www.symantec.com/avcenter/security/Content/2006.04.21.html (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- sse-unauth-admin-access(25972) (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_XFx_transferred
- ADV-2006-1464 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_VUPENx_transferred
Sources
The same CVE in the primary databases and aggregators, to check against.
- CVE.org record (opens in a new tab)
- CVE List JSON (GitHub) (opens in a new tab)
- NVD (opens in a new tab)
- FIRST EPSS (opens in a new tab)
- EUVD EUVD-2006-0238 (opens in a new tab)
- OSV.dev (opens in a new tab)
- GitHub Advisories (opens in a new tab)
- CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)
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