CVE-2018-5238
moderate-risk
Published 2018-08-22
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.
Do I need to act?
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0.50% 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 (2)
Symdiag
Affected Vendors
References (4)
Third Party Advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/105100
Third Party Advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/105100
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/ 100
moderate-risk
Severity
24/34 · High
Exploitability
2/34 · Minimal
Exposure
7/34 · Low