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.
Does this matter?
Lower severity and a low EPSS score (0.39%). Track it; it rarely justifies an emergency change on its own.
Description
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 3.0
- 6.0 MEDIUMCVSS:3.0/AV:P/AC:H/PR:H/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
- EPSS
- 0.39% probability · 32th percentile
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Weakness
- CWE-427
- Affected
- symantec/norton utilities
- Source
- secure@symantec.com
References
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/105099Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- https://support.symantec.com/en_US/article.SYMSA1459.htmlMitigation, Vendor Advisory
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/105099Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- https://support.symantec.com/en_US/article.SYMSA1459.htmlMitigation, Vendor Advisory
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA. Refreshed daily.