TI-2002-00470 Aliases CVE-2002-0485 GHSA-vv2m-p3gp-w7p3

Norton Anti-Virus (NAV) allows remote attackers to bypass content filtering via…

MEDIUM 42CWE-178Published 2002-06-11 · Updated 2025-01-16

Key facts

Attack vector: Network
Privileges required: None
User interaction: None
Attack complexity: Low
Impact type: —
Confidentiality · integrity · availability: None · High · None
Fix status: No fix listed

Attack profile from CVSS 3.1 · CISA ADP. Fix status from CNA.

Summary

Norton Anti-Virus (NAV) allows remote attackers to bypass content filtering via attachments whose Content-Type and Content-Disposition headers are mixed upper and lower case, which is ignored by some mail clients.

Why it matters now

Exploitation None reported CISA SSVC · not in CISA KEV

EPSS 0.01466 73rd percentileScored 2026-11-07

Fix No fix listed No fixed version in the sources yet

SSVC decision points

CISA ADP · SSVC 2.0.3

Exploitation: None
Automatable: Yes
Technical impact: Partial

The decision (Track, Attend, Act) also depends on your mission and well-being impact; see CISA's SSVC guide.

Affected products

Vendor	Product	Affected versions	Fixed in	Status	Source
—	—	all versions	—	No fix listed	CNA

— Vendor— Affected all versions Fixed in — No fix listed CNA

CPE configurations NVD · 1

CPE	Versions	Role	Vendor
cpe:2.3:a:symantec:norton_antivirus::::::::	all versions	Vulnerable	Symantec

cpe:2.3:a:symantec:norton_antivirus:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions all versions Vulnerable ·Symantec

Remediation

No fixed version listed by the sources yet.

Timeline

2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2002-0485
2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-vv2m-p3gp-w7p3

References

Other 2

TI-2006-02539 Stack-based buffer overflow in Symantec Antivirus 10.1 and Client Security 3.1 allows… CVSS 2.0HIGH 10.0
TI-2016-02020 The AntiVirus Decomposer engine in Symantec Advanced Threat Protection (ATP); Symantec… CVSS 3.0HIGH 7.8
TI-2016-03091 Integer overflow in the TNEF unpacker in the AntiVirus Decomposer engine in Symantec… CVSS 3.0CRITICAL 9.8
TI-2006-06237 Multiple buffer overflows in the SupportSoft (1) SmartIssue (tgctlsi.dll) and (2)… CVSS 2.0HIGH 10.0
TI-2016-03092 The AntiVirus Decomposer engine in Symantec Advanced Threat Protection (ATP); Symantec… CVSS 3.0HIGH 8.4
TI-2016-03090 The AntiVirus Decomposer engine in Symantec Advanced Threat Protection (ATP); Symantec… CVSS 3.0HIGH 8.4

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Sources

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