Unrated severityNVD Advisory· Published Aug 22, 2018· Updated Sep 17, 2024
CVE-2018-5238
CVE-2018-5238
Description
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.
Affected products
4- Range: <5.3.0.24
- Symantec Corporation/Norton Power Eraserv5Range: Prior to 5.3.0.24
- Symantec Corporation/SymDiagv5Range: Prior to 2.1.242
Patches
Vulnerability mechanics
References
2- www.securityfocus.com/bid/105100mitrevdb-entryx_refsource_BID
- support.symantec.com/en_US/article.SYMSA1459.htmlmitrex_refsource_CONFIRM
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