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 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.

CVSS v3.0 6.0 MEDIUM
CVSS v2.0 4.4 MEDIUM

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CVSS v3.0 : MEDIUM

V3 Legend

Vector : AV:P/AC:H/PR:H/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Exploitability : 0.1 / Impact : 5.9

Attack Vector PHYSICAL

Attack Complexity HIGH

Privileges Required HIGH

User Interaction REQUIRED

Confidentiality Impact HIGH

Integrity Impact HIGH

Availability Impact HIGH

Scope UNCHANGED

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CVSS v2.0 : MEDIUM

V2 Legend

Vector : AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Exploitability : 3.4 / Impact : 6.4

Access Vector LOCAL

Access Complexity MEDIUM

Authentication NONE

Confidentiality Impact PARTIAL

Integrity Impact PARTIAL

Availability Impact PARTIAL

References

Link	Resource
https://support.symantec.com/en_US/article.SYMSA1459.html	Mitigation Vendor Advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/105099	Third Party Advisory VDB Entry

Configurations

Configuration 1 (hide)

cpe:2.3:a:symantec:norton_utilities:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

Information

Published : 2018-08-22 10:29

Updated : 2020-08-24 10:37

NVD link : CVE-2018-5235

Mitre link : CVE-2018-5235

JSON object : View

CWE

CWE-427

Uncontrolled Search Path Element

Products Affected

symantec

norton_utilities

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