eEye Digital Security has discovered a critical vulnerability in Symantec’s antivirus enterprise software — a remotely exploitable flaw that provides system level access to affected machines. Following expected protocol for such discoveries, eEye notified Symantec on Wednesday evening, Mike Puterbaugh, eEye’s vice president of product marketing, told TechNewsWorld. eEye posted its own warning on its Web site once Symantec acknowledged the alert.
eEye Discovers Flaw in Symantec’s Antivirus Program
Posted by: Erika Morphy May 26, 2006 01:35 PMeEye Digital Security has discovered a critical vulnerability in Symantec’s antivirus enterprise software — a remotely exploitable flaw that provides system level access to affected machines. Following expected protocol for such discoveries, eEye notified Symantec on Wednesday evening, Mike Puterbaugh, eEye’s vice president of product marketing, told TechNewsWorld. eEye posted its own warning on its Web site once Symantec acknowledged the alert.