CVE-2018-5238

Norton Power Eraser (prior to 5.3.0.24) and SymDiag (prior to 2.1.242) 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
Link Resource
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/105100 Third Party Advisory VDB Entry
https://support.symantec.com/en_US/article.SYMSA1459.html Mitigation Vendor Advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/105100 Third Party Advisory VDB Entry
https://support.symantec.com/en_US/article.SYMSA1459.html Mitigation Vendor Advisory
Configurations

Configuration 1 (hide)

OR cpe:2.3:a:symantec:norton_power_eraser:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:symantec:symdiag:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

History

21 Nov 2024, 04:08

Type Values Removed Values Added
References () http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/105100 - Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry () http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/105100 - 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-2018-5238

Mitre link : CVE-2018-5238

CVE.ORG link : CVE-2018-5238


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Products Affected

symantec

  • norton_power_eraser
  • symdiag
CWE
CWE-427

Uncontrolled Search Path Element