CVE-2018-5238

High

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.

SeverityHigh
CVSS7.8
Exploit probability—
ProductSymantec Norton Power Eraser
PublishedAug 22, 2018
First seenAug 22, 2018

How to fix

Update
  • symantec norton_power_eraser5.3.0.24 or later
  • symantec symdiag2.1.242 or later

Affected products

ProductAffected versionsFixed in
symantec norton_power_eraserv < 5.3.0.245.3.0.24
symantec symdiagv < 2.1.2422.1.242

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