CVE-2018-12245

7.8HIGH

Key Information:

Vendor
Symantec Corporation
Status
Symantec Endpoint Protection (sep)
Vendor
CVE Published:
29 November 2018

Summary

Symantec Endpoint Protection prior to 14.2 MP1 may be susceptible to a DLL Preloading vulnerability, which in this case is an issue that can occur when an application being installed unintentionally loads a DLL provided by a potential attacker. Note that this particular type of exploit only manifests at install time; no remediation is required for software that has already been installed. This issue only impacted the Trialware media for Symantec Endpoint Protection, which has since been updated.

Affected Version(s)

Symantec Endpoint Protection (SEP) Prior to 14.2 MP1

References

http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/105919
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https://support.symantec.com/content/unifiedweb/en_US/art...
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CVSS V3.1

Score:
7.8
Severity:
HIGH
Confidentiality:
High
Integrity:
High
Availability:
High
Attack Vector:
Local
Attack Complexity:
Low
Privileges Required:
None
User Interaction:
Required
Scope:
Unchanged

Timeline

  • Vulnerability published

  • Vulnerability Reserved

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