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GHSA-CF5F-PW2J-32GG

Vulnerability from github – Published: 2022-05-14 01:59 – Updated: 2022-05-14 01:59

Details

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.

Severity

7.8 (High)


                  
                    CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

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CVE-2018-5238 (GCVE-0-2018-5238)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2018-08-22 17:00 – Updated: 2024-09-17 00:21

Summary

Severity

No CVSS data available.

CWE

DLL Preloading

Assigner

symantec mitre root

References

2 references

URL	Tags
https://support.symantec.com/en_US/article.SYMSA1…	x_refsource_CONFIRM
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/105100	vdb-entryx_refsource_BID

Impacted products

2 products

Vendor	Product	Version
Symantec Corporation	Norton Power Eraser	Affected: Prior to 5.3.0.24
Symantec Corporation	SymDiag	Affected: Prior to 2.1.242

Date Public

2018-08-15 00:00

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