Medium severity6.0NVD Advisory· Published Aug 22, 2018· Updated Jun 17, 2026
CVE-2018-5235
CVE-2018-5235
Description
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.
Affected products
2- Range: <16.0.3.44
- Symantec Corporation/Norton Utilitiesv5Range: Prior to 16.0.3.44
Patches
Vulnerability mechanics
References
2- www.securityfocus.com/bid/105099nvdThird Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
- support.symantec.com/en_US/article.SYMSA1459.htmlnvdMitigationVendor Advisory
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