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http://news.yahoo.com/s/zd/20060525/tc_zd/179335

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A gaping security flaw in the latest versions of Symantec's anti-virus software suite could put millions of users at risk of a debilitating worm attack, Internet security experts warned May 25.
 
Researchers at eEye Digital Security, the company that discovered the flaw, said it could be exploited by remote hackers to take complete control of the target machine "without any user action."

"This is definitely wormable. Once exploited, you get a command shell that gives you complete access to the machine. You can remove, edit or destroy files at will," said eEye Digital Security spokesperson Mike Puterbaugh...


that has got to have a ton of corporate IT guys going batty :O


glad i use avast @ home ;)
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"Gaping" security flaw in Symantec's anti-virus software...
« Reply #1 on: May 26, 2006, 12:18:50 PM »
That is....  bad.  It's in the corporate version only, not in the Norton products, which leads me to speculate that the flaw is in the remote administration interface.

PS, startkeylogger

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"Gaping" security flaw in Symantec's anti-virus software...
« Reply #2 on: May 26, 2006, 01:23:33 PM »
....firewall. :aok