CVE-2004-0920

N/A Unknown

Published: November 03, 2004 Modified: April 16, 2026

Description

Symantec Norton AntiVirus 2004, and earlier versions, allows a virus or other malicious code to avoid detection or cause a denial of service (application crash) using a filename containing an MS-DOS device name.

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References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools

Patch Vendor Advisory Exploit Third Party Advisory

http://www.idefense.com/application/poi/display?id=147&type=vulnerabilities

Source: cve@mitre.org

http://www.seifried.org/security/advisories/kssa-010.html

Source: cve@mitre.org

https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/17603

Source: cve@mitre.org

http://www.idefense.com/application/poi/display?id=147&type=vulnerabilities

Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108

http://www.seifried.org/security/advisories/kssa-010.html

Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108

https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/17603

Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108

6 reference(s) from NVD

Quick Stats

CVSS v3 Score

N/A / 10.0

EPSS (Exploit Probability)

0.7%

72th percentile

Exploitation Status

Not in CISA KEV

Affected Vendors

symantec