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CERT Advisory Symantec and Norton Critical Vulnerability

Brad Slavin
Brad Slavin General Manager
Updated January 27, 2025

Quick Answer

US-CERT advisory TA16-187A reported multiple critical vulnerabilities affecting all Symantec and Norton-branded antivirus products. The vulnerabilities allow a remote attacker to take control of an affected system. The products are widely deployed across government and enterprise environments. DuoCircle does not use Symantec or Norton antivirus in its spam filtering array, so customers using DuoCircle's filtering are not exposed through that vector.

CERT Advisory Symantec and Norton Critical Vulnerability

Systems Affected

All Symantec and Norton branded antivirus products

Overview

Symantec and Norton branded antivirus products contain multiple vulnerabilities. Some of these products are in widespread use throughout government and industry. Exploitation of these vulnerabilities could allow a remote attacker to take control of an affected system.

Impact

DuoCircle does not use Symantec or Norton Antivirus in our spam filtering array.

https://www.us-cert.gov/ncas/alerts/TA16-187A

Brad Slavin
Brad Slavin

General Manager

General Manager at DuoCircle. Product strategy and commercial lead across the email security portfolio.

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