4.9

CVE-2007-1495: symantec norton_personal_firewall

CVSS: 4.9v2.0MediumModified
Published 16-03-2007Last modified 07-08-2024

Vulnerability summary

CVE-2007-1495 is a medium (CVSS 4.9) vulnerability in symantec norton_personal_firewall. EPSS estimates a 0.43% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 35.3% of scored vulnerabilities. 1 public exploit is recorded.

Overall risk
30/100
0100
Medium · default modelHow is this calculated?
CVSS score
4.9/10
010
Medium · v2.0 (NVD)
EPSS score
0.43%
0%100%
Low · +0.02 pp in 30 days
KEVNot listedIn no KEV catalog
RansomwareNone recordedNo known use recorded
Public exploits1reference

Timeline

  1. 16-03-2007
    PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
  2. 07-08-2024
    Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.

Description

The \Device\SymEvent driver in Symantec Norton Personal Firewall 2006 9.1.1.7, and possibly other products using symevent.sys 12.0.0.20, allows local users to cause a denial of service (system crash) via invalid data, as demonstrated by calling DeviceIoControl to send the data, a reintroduction of CVE-2006-4855.

CVSS metrics

1 score · 1 source · 1 version

EPSS trend

Probability

0.43%

Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days

Percentile

35%

Versus all other CVEs

30-day change

+0.02 pp

From 0.40% on 19-09-2026

19-09-202619-10-2026
EPSS score
0.43%

Known exploited

Compare KEV catalogs

Not in any of the 3 tracked catalogs.

Public exploits

1 found
  • referenceUnverified

    Exploit Reference (securityfocus.com)

    Maturity: unknown

Weaknesses

CWE · root cause

No weakness data has been published for this record.

Affected systems

Symantec1 product

1 vendor · 1 product

References

3 links