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 6.0 MEDIUM
CVSS v2.0 4.4 MEDIUM

6.0^/10

CVSS v3 : MEDIUM

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

4.4^/10

CVSS v2.0 : MEDIUM

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

Configurations

Configuration 1 (hide)

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

History

21 Nov 2024, 04:08

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
References	~~() http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/105099 - Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry~~	() http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/105099 - Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
References	~~() https://support.symantec.com/en_US/article.SYMSA1459.html - Mitigation, Vendor Advisory~~	() https://support.symantec.com/en_US/article.SYMSA1459.html - Mitigation, Vendor Advisory

Information

Published : 2018-08-22 17:29

Updated : 2024-11-21 04:08

NVD link : CVE-2018-5235

Mitre link : CVE-2018-5235

CVE.ORG link : CVE-2018-5235

JSON object : View

Products Affected

symantec

norton_utilities

CWE

CWE-427

Uncontrolled Search Path Element

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