CVE-2002-2206 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

Description

The POP3 proxy service (POPROXY.EXE) in Norton AntiVirus 2001 allows local users to cause a denial of service (CPU consumption and crash) via a long username with multiple /localhost entries.

Published: 2005-11-16

Score: 7.8 High

EPSS: 1.0% Low

KEV: No

Impact:

Action:

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

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n/a

affected

Version	Status	Constraints
`n/a`	affected	—

Configuration 1 [-]

cpe:2.3:a:symantec:norton_antivirus:2001:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

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Remediation

No vendor fix or workaround currently provided.

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Tracking

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Advisories

Source	ID	Title
EUVD	EUVD-2002-2185	The POP3 proxy service (POPROXY.EXE) in Norton AntiVirus 2001 allows local users to cause a denial of service (CPU consumption and crash) via a long username with multiple /localhost entries.

No CVSS v4.0

No CVSS v3.1

No CVSS v3.0

Access Vector Network

Access Complexity Low

Authentication None

Confidentiality Impact None

Integrity Impact None

Availability Impact Complete

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

The EPSS score is 0.0104.

Key SSVC decision points have not yet been added.

References

Link	Providers
http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/bugtraq/2002-09/0240.html
http://www.iss.net/security_center/static/10085.php
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/291358
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/5692

History

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Subscriptions

Symantec Norton Antivirus

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published: 2005-11-16T21:17:00.000Z

Updated: 2024-09-17T00:31:54.515Z

Reserved: 2005-11-16T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2002-2206

Vulnrichment

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NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2002-12-31T05:00:00.000

Modified: 2026-04-16T00:27:16.627

Link: CVE-2002-2206

Redhat

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OpenCVE Enrichment

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Weaknesses

NVD-CWE-Other

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