CVE-2005-2017: Symantec Norton Antivirus

High severity, CVSS 10.0. EPSS: 1.7% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

Symantec AntiVirus 9 Corporate Edition allows local users to gain privileges via the "Scan for viruses" option, which launches a help window with raised privileges, a re-introduction of a vulnerability that was originally identified and addressed by CVE-2002-1540.

Affected products

• Symantec Norton Antivirus: version 9.0.1.1000 only

Published 2005-08-30. Last modified 2026-06-16.