HIGH SEVERITY

CVE-2006-3977

Etrust Antivirus Webscan vulnerability

CVSS
9.3
EPSS
3.8%
EPSS pct
89th
Exploited
No known
Unspecified vulnerability in CA eTrust Antivirus WebScan before 1.1.0.1048 has unknown impact and remote attackers related to "improper processing of outdated WebScan components."
Affected vendor
Broadcom
Affected product
Etrust Antivirus Webscan
CVSS vector
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
Published
2006-08-04

Risk analysis

Based on its CVSS vector, this vulnerability is exploitable over the network, medium attack complexity, requiring no authentication. Successful exploitation leads to complete impact to confidentiality, complete impact to integrity, complete impact to availability.

Its EPSS score of 3.8% reflects a lower probability of exploitation activity in the wild over the next 30 days, placing it above 89% of all scored CVEs.

Check your external exposure to CVE-2006-3977

  • Confirm whether Broadcom Etrust Antivirus Webscan is running on any internet-facing host or subdomain.
  • Match discovered service fingerprints against the version affected by CVE-2006-3977.
  • Prioritise remediation if the asset is public, business-critical, or near authentication/payment flows.

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