CVE Catalog

CVE-2002-2206

High
Published: Translated: NVD NIST

Summary

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

Risk Assessment

An attacker can exploit this vulnerability to consume CPU resources and crash the service, potentially leading to downtime in antivirus protection.

Recommendation

It is recommended to update Norton AntiVirus to the latest version to mitigate this vulnerability and to monitor logs for potential attack attempts.

Related vulnerabilities

Original NVD description (English source)

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.

Vulnerability data from NVD (NIST) · CISA KEV · EPSS