CVE-2006-3456
The Symantec NAVOPTS.DLL ActiveX control (aka Symantec.Norton.AntiVirus.NAVOptions) 12.2.0.13, as used in Norton AntiVirus, Internet…
- 8.5HighCVSS base score
- 3.9%Exploitation in 30 daysEPSS · top 9.7% of all CVEs
- NoKnown exploitednot in CISA's KEV catalog
- NonePublic exploitsnone known yet
Description
The Symantec NAVOPTS.DLL ActiveX control (aka Symantec.Norton.AntiVirus.NAVOptions) 12.2.0.13, as used in Norton AntiVirus, Internet Security, and System Works 2005 and 2006, is designed for use only in application-embedded web browsers, which allows remote attackers to "crash the control" via unspecified vectors related to content on a web site, and place Internet Explorer into a "defunct state" in which remote attackers can execute arbitrary code in addition to other Symantec ActiveX controls, regardless of whether they are marked safe for scripting. NOTE: this CVE was inadvertently used for an E-mail Auto-Protect issue, but that issue has been assigned CVE-2007-3771.
Timeline
ID reserved
By mitre
- 10 months later
· 10 months later
Published
- 17 years later
· 17 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 | High8.5 | AV:N/AC:M/Au:S/C:C/I:C/A:C |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 3.9% · top 9.7% of all CVEs (11 Nov 2026)
The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: High 8.5.
Affected products
n/a
- affected n/a
References
References8
- http://www.symantec.com/avcenter/security/Content/2007.05.09.html (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- ADV-2007-1751 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_VUPENx_transferred
- 23822 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDx_transferred
- 25172 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- 20070509 Symantec Norton Internet Security 2006 COM Object Security ByPass Vulnerability (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_IDEFENSEx_transferred
- 35075 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_OSVDBx_transferred
- 1018031 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACKx_transferred
- symantec-navopts-security-bypass(34200) (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_XFx_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-2006-3452 (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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