CVE-2005-0923: Symantec Norton Antivirus

Low severity, CVSS 2.1. EPSS: 0.4% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

The SmartScan feature in the Auto-Protect module for Symantec Norton AntiVirus 2004 and 2005, as also used in Internet Security 2004/2005 and System Works 2004/2005, allows attackers to cause a denial of service (CPU consumption and system crash) by renaming a file on a network share.

Affected products

• Symantec Norton Antivirus: version 2.1 only; version 2005 only
• Symantec Norton Internet Security: version 2004 only; version 2005 only
• Symantec Norton System Works: version 2004_professional only; version 2005_premier only

Published 2005-05-02. Last modified 2026-06-16.