CVE-2001-1125 (GCVE-0-2001-1125)
Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2002-03-15 05:00 – Updated: 2025-01-16 17:04
VLAI?
Summary
Symantec LiveUpdate before 1.6 does not use cryptography to ensure the integrity of download files, which allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via DNS spoofing of the update.symantec.com site.
Severity ?
9.8 (Critical)
CWE
- n/a
Assigner
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