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May 29, 2006, 3:45:06 AM5/29/06
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Symantec acknowledged on Friday that its enterprise anti-virus product line
has an unpatched, "zero-day" vulnerability that can be used by attackers to
hijack systems.

"Symantec Antivirus is susceptible to a remote code-execution vulnerability.
This issue allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code with
SYSTEM-level privileges, facilitating the complete compromise of affected
computers," the company said in an alert Friday to customers of its own
DeepSight Threat Management System.

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http://www.informationweek.com/industries/showArticle.jhtml?articleID=188500744


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