CVE-2005-3270: Symantec Norton Antivirus

High severity, CVSS 7.2. EPSS: 0.4% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

Untrusted search path vulnerability in DiskMountNotify for Symantec Norton AntiVirus 9.0.3 allows local users to gain privileges by modifying the PATH to reference a malicious (1) ps or (2) grep file.

Affected products

• Symantec Norton Antivirus: version 9.0.3 only

Published 2005-10-21. Last modified 2026-06-16.