Description
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)."
Metrics
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:PWeakness enumeration
Affected software
No affected versions have been published.
Timeline
- Published
- Aug 22, 2012
- Last modified
- Jun 16, 2026
- NVD status
- Modified