SOC status:Duty analyst on shift

UK Cyber Defence
VulnerabilityModified

CVE-2018-12240

The Norton Identity Safe product prior to 5.3.0.976 may be susceptible to a privilege escalation issue via a hard coded IV, which is a type of vulnerability that can potentially increase the likelihood of encrypted data being recovered without adequate…

MEDIUM 5.9EPSS 1.13%

Does this matter?

Lower severity and a low EPSS score (1.13%). Track it; it rarely justifies an emergency change on its own.

Description

The Norton Identity Safe product prior to 5.3.0.976 may be susceptible to a privilege escalation issue via a hard coded IV, which is a type of vulnerability that can potentially increase the likelihood of encrypted data being recovered without adequate credentials.

CVSS 3.1
5.9 MEDIUMCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
EPSS
1.13% probability · 65th percentile
CISA KEV
Not listed
Weakness
CWE-798
Affected
symantec/norton password manager
Source
secure@symantec.com

Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA. Refreshed daily.