CVE-2018-12245

moderate-risk
Published 2018-11-29

Symantec Endpoint Protection prior to 14.2 MP1 may be susceptible to a DLL Preloading vulnerability, which in this case is an issue that can occur when an application being installed unintentionally loads a DLL provided by a potential attacker. Note that this particular type of exploit only manifests at install time; no remediation is required for software that has already been installed. This issue only impacted the Trialware media for Symantec Endpoint Protection, which has since been updated.

Do I need to act?

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0.24% chance of exploitation
EPSS score — low exploit probability
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Not on CISA KEV list
No confirmed active exploitation reported to CISA
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Patch status unknown
Check vendor advisories for fix availability and mitigation guidance
7
CVSS 7.8/10 High
LOCAL / LOW complexity

Affected Products (1)

Affected Vendors

Symantec

References (4)

Third Party Advisory http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/105919
Vendor Advisory https://support.symantec.com/content/unifiedweb/en_US/article.SYMSA1468.html
Third Party Advisory http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/105919
Vendor Advisory https://support.symantec.com/content/unifiedweb/en_US/article.SYMSA1468.html
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/ 100
moderate-risk
Severity 24/34 · High
Exploitability 1/34 · Minimal
Exposure 5/34 · Minimal