Your Security Software Might Be Your Security Problem
Published by ean May 30th, 2006 in Antivirus, Exploits/Vulnerabilities, SecurityGot back from vacation this morning to discover a fresh vulnerability for Symantec Antivirus. This particular vulnerability allows for remote code execution, not good.
This is an interesting trend as several antivirus products have created they’re own share of problems. There was the bad McAfee virus definition that deleted Microsoft Office files and the CLAM AV antivirus remote code execution vulnerability.
This further emphasizes the point that more than security is a layered defense and you should not be relying solely on your antivirus product to catch everything.
The other obvious point is that Symantec and others, in the business of security, need to turn an eye toward their own products.
Source: Symantec Security Response
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