CVE-2005-2766: Symantec Norton Antivirus

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

Symantec AntiVirus Corporate Edition 9.0.1.x and 9.0.4.x, and possibly other versions, when obtaining updates from an internal LiveUpdate server, stores sensitive information in cleartext in the Log.Liveupdate log file, which allows attackers to obtain the username and password to the internal LiveUpdate server.

Affected products

• Symantec Norton Antivirus: version 9.0.1.1.1000 only; version 9.0.4 only

Published 2005-09-02. Last modified 2026-06-16.