CVE-2018-12238
HIGHNorton <22.15 & Symantec Endpoint Protection - Auth Bypass
Title source: llmDescription
Norton prior to 22.15; Symantec Endpoint Protection (SEP) prior to 12.1.7454.7000 & 14.2; Symantec Endpoint Protection Small Business Edition (SEP SBE) prior to NIS-22.15.1.8 & SEP-12.1.7454.7000; and Symantec Endpoint Protection Cloud (SEP Cloud) prior to 22.15.1 may be susceptible to an AV bypass issue, which is a type of exploit that works to circumvent one of the virus detection engines to avoid a specific type of virus protection. One of the antivirus engines depends on a signature pattern from a database to identify malicious files and viruses; the antivirus bypass exploit looks to alter the file being scanned so it is not detected.
References (2)
Core 2
Core References
Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry vdb-entry
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http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/105917
Mitigation, Vendor Advisory x_refsource_confirm
https://support.symantec.com/content/unifiedweb/en_US/article.SYMSA1468.html
Scores
CVSS v3
7.8
EPSS
0.0008
EPSS Percentile
23.9%
Attack Vector
LOCAL
CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Details
Status
published
Products (3)
symantec/endpoint_protection
11.0 - 12.1.7454.7000
symantec/endpoint_protection_cloud
< 22.15.1
symantec/norton_antivirus
< 22.15
Published
Nov 29, 2018
Tracked Since
Feb 18, 2026