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CVE-2006-6490: Supportsoft Scriptrunner: Buffer overflow

CVE-2006-6490 has a CVSS v2 base score of 10.0 (the maximum on that scale) and affects Supportsoft Scriptrunner, along with 2 other products in NVD’s configuration data. Per its scoring, it can be exploited over the network, without authentication. The scored impact on confidentiality, integrity and availability is the highest available.

Vulnerability description

Multiple buffer overflows in the SupportSoft (1) SmartIssue (tgctlsi.dll) and (2) ScriptRunner (tgctlsr.dll) ActiveX controls, as used by Symantec Automated Support Assistant and Norton AntiVirus, Internet Security, and System Works 2006, allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a crafted HTML message.

Severity breakdown

CVSS v2.0 10.0: AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

  • Access vector: Network. Exploitable remotely over the network.
  • Access complexity: Low. No special conditions are required.
  • Authentication: None. No authentication is needed.
  • Confidentiality impact: Complete. Total information disclosure.
  • Integrity impact: Complete. Total loss of integrity.
  • Availability impact: Complete. Total shutdown of the component.

Affected products

  • Supportsoft Scriptrunner: all versions listed by NVD
  • Supportsoft Smartissue: all versions listed by NVD
  • Symantec Automated Support Assistant: all versions listed by NVD
  • Symantec Norton Antivirus: 2006
  • Symantec Norton Internet Security: 2006
  • Symantec Norton System Works: 2006

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