CVE-2018-5235
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…
Published 8 y ago · modified 4 mo ago · JSON
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.
Exploit prediction (EPSS)
0.39% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 33% of all scored CVEs.
CVSS scores
| Assigned by | Version | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| NVD | 3.0 | 6.0 | CVSS:3.0/AV:P/AC:H/PR:H/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H |
| NVD | 2.0 | 4.4 | AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P |
Affected products
- Symantec Corporation Norton Utilities
Classification
- Weakness
- CWE-427 Uncontrolled Search Path Element
References
- securityfocus.com /bid/105099 · vdb-entry, x_refsource_BID, x_transferred
- support.symantec.com /en_US/article.SYMSA1459.html · x_refsource_CONFIRM, x_transferred
Sources
- CVE List: CVE-2018-5235
- NVD: CVE-2018-5235
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