Description: David Matousek has reported a vulnerability in various Symantec products, which can be exploited by malicious, local users to cause a Denial of Service.
The vulnerability is caused due to an error in the handling of data sent to the "\Device\SymEvent" device which is writable by "Everyone". This can be exploited to crash a vulnerable system by sending malformed data.
Do you have this product installed on your home computer? Scan using the free Personal Software Inspector. Check if a vulnerable version is installed on computers in your corporate network, scan using the Network Software Inspector.
Solution: Apply patches (see patch matrix in vendor advisory).
Provided and/or discovered by: David Matousek
Changelog: 2006-09-20: Added CVE reference.
2006-09-21: Added additional information provided by the vendor. Updated "Solution" section.
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