CVE-2005-3270

HIGH 7.2CVE-2005-3270 · Published 21/10/2005 · updated 16/06/2026

In short

CVE-2005-3270 is a HIGH (CVSS 7.2) vulnerability affecting norton antivirus (symantec).
Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days (EPSS): 0.36%, higher than 29.6% of all vulnerabilities.
No patched version is listed yet: follow the vendor's advisory in References.

Package	Affected versions	Patched versions
norton antivirus symantec	`= 9.0.3`	No fix yet

Description

Untrusted search path vulnerability in DiskMountNotify for Symantec Norton AntiVirus 9.0.3 allows local users to gain privileges by modifying the PATH to reference a malicious (1) ps or (2) grep file.

References

secunia.com/advisories/17268
securitytracker.com/id
idefense.com/application/poi/display
securityfocus.com/bid/15142
securityfocus.com/bid/15143

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