cve-2018-15452
Vulnerability from cvelistv5
Published
2018-11-13 14:00
Modified
2024-09-17 02:52
Severity ?
5.5 (Medium) - CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Summary
Cisco Advanced Malware Protection for Endpoints on Windows DLL Preloading Vulnerability
References
ykramarz@cisco.comhttp://www.securityfocus.com/bid/105759Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
ykramarz@cisco.comhttps://tools.cisco.com/security/center/content/CiscoSecurityAdvisory/cisco-sa-20181029-amp-dllVendor Advisory
Impacted products
CiscoCisco AMP for Endpoints
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