CVE-2018-5235

6MEDIUM

Key Information:

Vendor
Symantec Corporation
Status
Norton Utilities
Vendor
CVE Published:
22 August 2018

Summary

Norton Utilities (prior to 16.0.3.44) may be susceptible to a DLL Preloading vulnerability, which is a type of issue that can occur when an application looks to call a DLL for execution and an attacker provides a malicious DLL to use instead. Depending on how the application is configured, it will generally follow a specific search path to locate the DLL. The vulnerability can be exploited by a simple file write (or potentially an over-write) which results in a foreign DLL running under the context of the application.

Affected Version(s)

Norton Utilities Prior to 16.0.3.44

References

http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/105099
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https://support.symantec.com/en_US/article.SYMSA1459.html
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CVSS V3.1

Score:
6
Severity:
MEDIUM
Confidentiality:
High
Integrity:
High
Availability:
High
Attack Vector:
Physical
Attack Complexity:
High
Privileges Required:
High
User Interaction:
Required
Scope:
Unchanged

Timeline

  • Vulnerability published

  • Vulnerability Reserved

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