CVE Vulnerability

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.

6.8 /10

CVSS v2.0 :

V3 Legend

Vector :

Exploitability : 8.6 / Impact : 6.4

Attack Vector

Attack Complexity

Privileges Required

User Interaction

Confidentiality Impact PARTIAL

Integrity Impact PARTIAL

Availability Impact PARTIAL

Scope

7.8 /10

CVSS v3.0 : HIGH

V3 Legend

Vector :

Exploitability : 1.8 / Impact : 5.9

Attack Vector LOCAL

Attack Complexity LOW

Privileges Required NONE

User Interaction REQUIRED

Confidentiality Impact HIGH

Integrity Impact HIGH

Availability Impact HIGH

Scope UNCHANGED

References
Link Resource
https://support.symantec.com/en_US/article.SYMSA1459.html Mitigation Vendor Advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/105100 Third Party Advisory VDB Entry
Configurations

Configuration 1

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

Published : 2018-08-22 05:29

Updated : 2018-11-14 03:39

NVD link : CVE-2018-5238

Mitre link : CVE-2018-5238

Products Affected
No products.
CWE
CWE-427