{"cve":"CVE-2006-3456","nvd":{"published":"2007-05-11T10:19:00.000","modified":"2026-06-16T22:27:05.680","status":"Modified","description":"The Symantec NAVOPTS.DLL ActiveX control (aka Symantec.Norton.AntiVirus.NAVOptions) 12.2.0.13, as used in Norton AntiVirus, Internet Security, and System Works 2005 and 2006, is designed for use only in application-embedded web browsers, which allows remote attackers to \"crash the control\" via unspecified vectors related to content on a web site, and place Internet Explorer into a \"defunct state\" in which remote attackers can execute arbitrary code in addition to other Symantec ActiveX controls, regardless of whether they are marked safe for scripting.  NOTE: this CVE was inadvertently used for an E-mail Auto-Protect issue, but that issue has been assigned CVE-2007-3771.","cvss_v4":null,"cvss_v3":null,"cwes":["CWE-94"],"references":["http://labs.idefense.com/intelligence/vulnerabilities/display.php?id=529","http://osvdb.org/35075","http://secunia.com/advisories/25172","http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/23822","http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1018031"],"products":["symantec:norton_antivirus","symantec:norton_internet_security","symantec:norton_system_works"],"source":"nvd","synced_at":"2026-10-19T19:46:28.846926071+00:00"},"epss":{"cve":"CVE-2006-3456","score":0.03865,"percentile":0.90184,"date":"2026-10-31"},"kev":null,"osv":[],"attribution":["This product uses the NVD API but is not endorsed or certified by the NVD.","EPSS scores: FIRST Exploit Prediction Scoring System, https://www.first.org/epss","Known exploited vulnerabilities: CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities Catalog, https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog","Package advisories: OSV (https://osv.dev), from the GitHub Advisory Database, PyPA, Go, RustSec and other ecosystem databases, under CC-BY 4.0 or CC0","CVE records: the CVE Program's CVE List (https://www.cve.org), under its terms of use (https://www.cve.org/Legal/TermsOfUse). CVE is a registered trademark of The MITRE Corporation; this product is not affiliated with the CVE Program."]}