Symantec Norton AntiVirus 2011 does not properly interact with the processing of hcp:// URLs by the Microsoft Help and Support Center, which makes it easier for remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via malware that is correctly detected by this product, but with a detection approach that occurs too late to stop the code execution. NOTE: the researcher indicates that a vendor response was received, stating that this issue "falls into the work of our Firewall and not our AV (per our methodology of layers of defense)."
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EUVD EUVD EUVD-2010-3493 Symantec Norton AntiVirus 2011 does not properly interact with the processing of hcp:// URLs by the Microsoft Help and Support Center, which makes it easier for remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via malware that is correctly detected by this product, but with a detection approach that occurs too late to stop the code execution. NOTE: the researcher indicates that a vendor response was received, stating that this issue "falls into the work of our Firewall and not our AV (per our methodology of layers of defense)."
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Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published:

Updated: 2024-09-16T22:15:12.620Z

Reserved: 2010-09-24T00:00:00Z

Link: CVE-2010-3497

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Status : Deferred

Published: 2012-08-22T10:42:04.070

Modified: 2025-04-11T00:51:21.963

Link: CVE-2010-3497

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