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.
References
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http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/105099 | Third Party Advisory VDB Entry |
https://support.symantec.com/en_US/article.SYMSA1459.html | Mitigation Vendor Advisory |
Configurations
History
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Information
Published : 2018-08-22 17:29
Updated : 2024-02-28 16:48
NVD link : CVE-2018-5235
Mitre link : CVE-2018-5235
CVE.ORG link : CVE-2018-5235
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Products Affected
symantec
- norton_utilities
CWE
CWE-427
Uncontrolled Search Path Element