# CVE-2006-3456: The Symantec NAVOPTS.DLL ActiveX control (aka Symantec.Norton.AntiVirus.NAVOptions) 12.2.0.13, as used in Norton AntiVirus, Internet Securit

- Severity: no CVSS score reported
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Published: 2007-05-11 · Updated: 2024-08-07

## Affected

- n/a: version range not reported

## Description

The Symantec NAVOPTS.DLL ActiveX control (aka Symantec.Norton.AntiVirus.NAVOptions) 12.2.0.13, as used in Norton AntiVirus, Internet Security, and System Works 2005 and 2006, is designed for use only in application-embedded web browsers, which allows remote attackers to "crash the control" via unspecified vectors related to content on a web site, and place Internet Explorer into a "defunct state" in which remote attackers can execute arbitrary code in addition to other Symantec ActiveX controls, regardless of whether they are marked safe for scripting. NOTE: this CVE was inadvertently used for an E-mail Auto-Protect issue, but that issue has been assigned CVE-2007-3771.

## What to do

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## References

- http://www.symantec.com/avcenter/security/Content/2007.05.09.html
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/1751
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/23822
- http://secunia.com/advisories/25172
- http://labs.idefense.com/intelligence/vulnerabilities/display.php?id=529
- http://osvdb.org/35075
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1018031
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/34200

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