CVE-2006-4927
The (a) NAVENG (NAVENG.SYS) and (b) NAVEX15 (NAVEX15.SYS) device drivers 20061.3.0.12 and later, as used in Symantec AntiVirus and…
- 4.6MediumCVSS base score
- 1.8%Exploitation in 30 daysEPSS · top 22% of all CVEs
- NoKnown exploitednot in CISA's KEV catalog
- 2Public exploitsMetasploit, Nuclei and Exploit-DB
Description
The (a) NAVENG (NAVENG.SYS) and (b) NAVEX15 (NAVEX15.SYS) device drivers 20061.3.0.12 and later, as used in Symantec AntiVirus and security products, allow local users to gain privileges by overwriting critical system addresses using a crafted Irp to the IOCTL functions (1) 0x222AD3, (2) 0x222AD7, and (3) 0x222ADB.
Public exploit
An exploit or proof of concept is public: anyone can try it against an unpatched system. The public collections list 2 Exploit-DB entries for it.
Show the exploits2
Exploit-DB2 entries
- Symantec AntiVirus - IOCTL Kernel Privilege Escalation (1) (Exploit-DB entry) (opens in a new tab)
EDB-ID 28763local, windowspublished 26 Aug 2006Verified
- Symantec AntiVirus - IOCTL Kernel Privilege Escalation (2) (Exploit-DB entry) (opens in a new tab)
EDB-ID 28764local, windowspublished 26 Aug 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
- 13 days later
· 13 days 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 | Medium4.6 | AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 1.8% · top 22% of all CVEs (11 Nov 2026)
The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: Medium 4.6.
Affected products
n/a
- affected n/a
References
References18
- 1016996 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACKx_transferred
- 20061005 [Reversemode Advisory] Symantec Antivirus Engine Privilege Escalation (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQx_transferred
- 1017001 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACKx_transferred
- http://www.symantec.com/avcenter/security/Content/2006.10.05a.html (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- 1017000 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACKx_transferred
- 1016997 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACKx_transferred
- 1016995 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACKx_transferred
- ADV-2006-3928 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_VUPENx_transferred
- 1016998 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACKx_transferred
- 20061005 Symantec AntiVirus IOCTL Kernel Privilege Escalation Vulnerability (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_IDEFENSEx_transferred
- 1016994 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACKx_transferred
- 22288 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- 20360 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDx_transferred
- 1016999 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACKx_transferred
- 1017002 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACKx_transferred
- 1690 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SREASONx_transferred
- symantec-ioctl-privilege-escalation(29360) (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_XFx_transferred
- VU#946820 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_CERT-VNx_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-2006-4914 (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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