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Symantec AntiVirus Worm Hole Puts Millions at Risk

• May 26th, 2006, by Scott
• Filed in Exploits
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A newly discovered Symantec AntiVirus worm hole puts millions at risk without any user interaction whatsoever.

“This is definitely wormable. Once exploited, you get a command shell that gives you complete access to the machine. You can remove, edit or destroy files at will,” said eEye Digital Security spokesperson Mike Puterbaugh.

Oddly enough, Symantec’s Personal Firewall was designed to protect against this vulnerability, which means that the company was somewhat aware of this issue. Look for a patch to be issued within the coming days.